Optical phenomenon of peri‐implant soft tissue. Part I. Spectrophotometric assessment of natural tooth gingiva and peri‐implant mucosa

Sang E. Park, John D. Da Silva, Hans‐Peter Weber, Shigemi Ishikawa‐Nagai

Clinical Oral Implants Research · 2007 · 144 citations · 38 references

Abstract

It was observed that the color of soft tissue around the titanium implant was significantly different compared with the gingiva of natural teeth. Significantly lower values of CIELAB color coordinates, L* and b* were found in the peri-implant soft tissue.

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