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Dental implants have become a common treatment in the dental office. If the clinician wants to achieve an optimal functional and esthetic result it is not enough to emulate the white portion of the teeth. A natural appearance of the implant-supported rehabilitation will depend also on the quantity and quality of the soft tissues surrounding the fixed prostheses. When multiple teeth have been lost or have to be extracted, soft tissue grafting around pontic sites and implants becomes paramount for the long-term success of the treatment. How to shape those tissues with the temporary restoration should be well understood as well. This lecture explains the importance of soft tissue grafting techniques around pontic sites and implants and how to do it in a predictable, modern and a minimally invasive way. We present many different techniques illustrated with clinical cases.