A dental restoration method comprising a step of determining a positioning of a dental implant (60), integrated into a bone structure (62) of an individual, from the identification and positioning of a one-piece healing member (10), attached at one of the ends of same in the implant (60), the healing element (10) comprising a side surface (13) intended to be integrated into a gum in order to shape the gum during the healing of same, and an end surface (14), a part of the side surface (13) and of the end surface (14) forming an emergent surface, intended to remain outside the gum, that is asymmetrical relative to at least a perpendicular median plane.