Case Report

A Double Case: Socket Shield and Pontic Shield Techniques on Aesthetic Zone

Table 2

Instruments and materials required for PET [8].

Socket shield
 (1) Long shank root resection bur
 (2) Extralarge round diamond head bur (to reduce the inner aspect of shield into concavity)
 (3) End-cutting diamond head bur (to reduce coronal aspect of shield) 4. Gingival protector
 (4) Irrigated surgical motor
 (5) Contra-angled surgical fast handpiece
 (6) Microperiotomes
 (7) Microforceps

Pontic shield
As for socket-shield, plus:
 (1) Socket grafting instruments: plugger, particulate graft spoon, crucible
 (2) SM 69 blade (or other suitable microblade, mandatory for split thickness dissection of facial and palatal pouches to tuck CTG into) 3. 6/0 nylon sutures

Root submergence
 (1) Irrigated surgical motor
 (2) Contra-angled surgical fast handpiece
 (3) Extralarge round diamond head bur (for reducing coronal aspect root into concavity)
 (4) SM 69 blade (or other suitable microblade, mandatory for split thickness dissection of facial and palatal pouches to tuck CTG into)
 (5) 6/0 nylon sutures