Esthetic Restoration of a Single-Tooth Dental Implant Using a Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft: A Case Report with 3-Year Follow-up

International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-101

  Price, Richard B T ^a   Price, Daniel E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOLYSIS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CROWNS; DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVA; GINGIVAL RECESSION; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA;

EID: 0347718283     PISSN: 01987569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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