Title

Comparative evaluation of interdental papilla fills around bone level and tissue level implants: A randomised controlled trial

Authors

Aishwarya Rajendra Mulay*, Ashok Kumar Bhansali, Maya S. Indurkar, C. D. Dhalkari, Pawan Kumar & Madhu Varma

Affiliation

Department of Periodontology, Government Dental College and Hospital, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Aishwarya Rajendra Mulay - E-mail: armulay3@gmail.com

Ashok Kumar Bhansali - E-mail: bhansali_ak@rediffmail.com

Maya S. Indurkar - E-mail: mayaindurkar@gmail.com

C. D. Dhalkari - E-mail: drcddhalkari@gmail.com

Pawan Kumar - E-mail: Pawankumar151997@gmail.com

Madhu Varma - E-mail: varmamadhu66@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026

Abstract

Early achievement of optimal interdental papilla fill around dental implants remains a clinical challenge affecting aesthetic outcomes in single-tooth replacement. Therefore, it is of interest to compare interdental papilla fill around bone-level and tissue-level implants in patients undergoing single-tooth replacement. Twenty systemically healthy patients were randomly allocated into two groups: bone-level implants (n=10) and tissue-level implants (n=10). Tissue-level implants demonstrated significantly greater mesial papilla fill at 3 months compared to bone-level implants (p=0.022), while no significant difference was observed in distal papilla fill (p=0.19). Thus, we show that tissue-level implants may provide improved early papilla formation, although long-term clinical relevance requires further evaluation

Keywords

Dental implants, interdental papilla, tissue-level implants, bone-level implants, soft tissue aesthetics, single-tooth replacement

Citation

Mulay et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2332-2337 (2026)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.