Outcome Evaluation of Early Placed Maxillary Anterior Single‐Tooth Implants Using Objective Esthetic Criteria: A Cross‐Sectional, Retrospective Study in 45 Patients With a 2‐ to 4‐Year Follow‐Up Using Pink and White Esthetic Scores

To validate the concept of early implant placement for use in the esthetically sensitive anterior maxilla, clinical trials should ideally include objective esthetic criteria when assessing outcome parameters.

In this cross-sectional, retrospective 2- to 4-year study involving 45 patients treated with maxillary anterior single-tooth implants according to the concept of early implant placement, a novel comprehensive index, comprising pink esthetic score and white esthetic score (PES/WES; the highest possible combined score is 20), was applied for the objective esthetic outcome assessment of anterior single-tooth implants.