Morphometric study of the interproximal unit in the esthetic region to correlate anatomic variables affecting the aspect of soft tissue embrasure space

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2260-2265

  Martegani, P ^a   Silvestri, M ^b   Mascarello, F ^b   Scipioni, T ^a   Ghezzi, C ^a   Rota, C ^b   Cattaneo, V ^b  

^a University of Pavia ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interdental papilla; Measurement; Radiography; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649014019     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2007.060517     Document Type: Article

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