Albrektsson recently coined this as a new concept called ‘mucointegration’ which means dense soft tissue contact with an abutment that can act as a barrier to protect the underlying bone and is the basis for long term tissue health and stability. Long term peri-implant soft tissue stability is affected by the peri-implant tissue phenotype. The term encompasses the three-dimensional gingival volume and thickness. Thin phenotype predisposes the tissues to attachment loss. They are at a higher risk of esthetic complications in the long term like mid-facial peri-implant mucosal recession, incomplete papilla fill and decreased soft tissue stability which may lead to implant failure. Crestal bone loss has been linked to thinner gingival phenotypes as the thick gingival phenotypes are less prone to buccal changes. Adequate amount of soft tissue is needed to curb the crestal bone loss & achieve biologic width of the peri-implant mucosa. Various methods have been proposed for obtaining adequate amounts of gingival soft tissue thickness depending on the technique and patients need. These can be performed before implant placement, at the time of implant placement or at the time of second stage implant surgery. Apically positioned flaps, laterally positioned flaps, free gingival grafts or connective tissue grafts are some of the most commonly used methods for increasing the zone of soft tissue thickness around implants. Current scientific data recommends the use of autogenous  connective tissue grafts (CTG) as the grafting material of choice for increasing the soft tissue thickness and improving the esthetics around dental implant sites. But the CTG is inevitably accompanied by increased morbidity as it requires an additional harvesting procedure. To overcome the drawbacks of the autogenous grafts many alternative materials such as xenogenic collagen scaffold have been developed. The fundamental issue is to choose the material which will assure the maximum therapeutic effect while minimizing the negative influence on the patient’s health. The collagen matrix offers mechanical stability associated with good biological behaviour, promotes tissue formmation, angiogenesis & similar outvomes compared to gold standard in terms of volume increase. Periodontal probes and endodontic files are commonly used to evaluate soft tissue changes. But these evaluate the changes only in one-dimension. At present, digital methods for evaluating peri-implant soft tissue changes have gradually become an outcome of interest in different literatures possibly because of its noninvasiveness, accuracy, and the digital information could be saved in computer permanently. A recent study summarized the available evidence regarding traditional and digital methods for the evaluation of peri-implant soft tissue changes and concluded that traditional methods can’t show the entire changes while digital methods can. The digital scanned files obtained by an intraoral scanner can be converted into Standard Tessellation Language (STL) file formats. These files are transferred to a three dimensional analysis software where they are superimposed and evaluation of the change in thickness can be done.  There are limited studies involving the use of digital methods for the evaluation of peri-implant soft tissue changes. Thus the aim of the study is to compare the soft and hard tissue changes around dental implants at stage II implant surgery with xenogenic collagen scaffold and connective tissue graft using intraoral digital scanner and radiographs.