Complications with surgical procedures utilizing connective tissue grafts: A follow-up of 500 consecutively treated cases

International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 449-459

  Harris, Randall J ^a   Miller, Richard ^b   Miller, Laura Harris ^b   Harris, Christopher ^a  

^a University of Nebraska School of Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVAL RECESSION; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 25844520080     PISSN: 01987569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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