The tissue that surrounds implants is known as peri-implant tissue and is comprised of soft (mucosa) and hard (bone) tissues. The peri-implant soft tissue has similar features to the soft tissue that...

Several studies have reported that the soft tissue that surrounds an implant has similar features to the soft tissue that surrounds teeth (Figure 1 and Table 1).2,3,4,5 Therefore, the peri-implant...