Seattle General Dentistry

What is going on here? When a patient prefers a bridge to an implant you bring the heat for the best-fixed pros has to offer. has taught me this principle. This ridge had... maybe 1mm thickness of tissue after extraction and bone grafting. Well, we are taught to make a 1mm dimple in soft tissue to create an "ovate" pontic. If I removed 1mm of tissue I would have been on BONE. No Bueno! So, to create a new "biologic" space for soft tissue, we remove 2mm of bone. We will have the lab "seal" the soft tissue at the margins with highly polished zirconia and leave a 2mm "gap" under the pontic so the body can heal with gingiva. The soft tissue will likely need at least 3 months to fully mature under the pontic. I will create more bleeding at the time of the bridge seat so the clot will fill the space under the pontic. In 3 months it will be a thing of beauty as the pontic will look like it's emerging from the tissue like a natural tooth, minimizing (if not eliminating) food impaction under the pontic while still allowing easy cleansing with floss. Perio-Restorative teaches you to be the very best restorative dentist you can be.

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