Rania Livada, DDS, MS, maintains a private practice limited to periodontics and implants in Oxford, Florida, and is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Periodontology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.
While there is insufficient evidence to routinely recommend gingival augmentation to maintain implants, gingival grafting may benefit certain patient populations.