Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar
Dr. Kelvin I. Afrashtehfar obtained his Master of Science degree from the Division of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics at the McGill University Faculty of Dentistry in Montreal, Canada. Currently, he is a research associate at the Division of Oral Health and Society Research at the same faculty. He is also an ITI Scholar at the Department for Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology (Head: Prof. Dr. U. Brägger), School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Articles
Feature Article
Local soft tissue deficits often follow tooth loss and implant therapy. Under these circumstances, future implant reconstructions should aim to completely or at least partially compensate this loss in order to minimize any adverse effects, namely compromising subjective patient comfort. In the main, this encompasses disconcerting food impaction, as well as esthetic and phonetic impairment. The present article reviews the relevant prosthetically driven compensation measures, confining itself to the esthetic zone of partially dentate implant patients and fixed dental prostheses (FDP).