Stomatology ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 783-788.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2025.10.011

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Research progress of factors affecting postoperative contraction of peri-implant free gingival grafts

BAO Siqi, CHEN Long, NI Jie, SI Misi()   

  1. Stomatology Hospital, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Center of Zhejiang University, Engineering Research of Oral Biomaterials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310006, China
  • Received:2024-10-28 Online:2025-10-28 Published:2025-10-23

Abstract:

Sufficient keratinized mucosa is important for ensuring the long-term stability and aesthetics of dental implants. How to effectively augment the soft tissue volume at sites with insufficient keratinized mucosa width (KMW) has gradually become a hot research topic for current scholars. Apically positioned flap (APF) with free gingival graft (FGG) is recognized as the approach of choice for peri-implant keratinized mucosal augmentation, but the postoperative shrinkage and its influencing factors are not completely clear. The objective of this review is to explain the significance of keratinized mucosa to peri-implant tissue health, analyze the relevant factors affecting postoperative contraction of free gingival grafts, and finally propose a risk factor assessment table for postoperative shrinkage of FGG, with the aim of providing clinicians with a scientific and effective strategy for peri-implant soft tissue management.

Key words: dental implant, keratinized mucosa width, soft tissue augmentation, free gingival graft, shrinkage rate

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