Simultaneous hard and soft tissue augmentation for implants in the esthetic zone: Report of 37 consecutive cases

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1782-1788

  Fagan, Mark C ^a,b   Owens, Heather ^b   Smaha, John ^b   Kao, Richard T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case series; Dental implants; Regeneration; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249109727     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2008.080034     Document Type: Article

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