Mucogingival esthetic surgery

Mucogingival esthetic surgery is dedicated to the treatment of mucogingival esthetic alterations. These may be caused by gingival recession, often in association with non caries cervical lesions and/or root caries or, on the contrary, by altered passive eruption. Objectives of mu- cogingival esthetic surgery are also to augment gingival thickness and height around prostheses or implants and soft tissue augmentation procedures in edentulous ridg- es. Techniques for edentulous ridge augmentation are addressed in the second volume. This volume describes and illustrates mucogingival surgical techniques as ap- plied to natural teeth or implants with the chief aim of satisfying the patient’s esthetic requirements.