The gingival biotype revisited: Transparency of the periodontal probe through the gingival margin as a method to discriminate thin from thick gingiva

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 428-433

  De Rouck, Tim ^a,b   Eghbali, Rouhollah ^a,b   Collys, Kristiaan ^a   De Bruyn, Hugo ^b   Cosyn, Jan ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gingival biotype; Gingival thickness; Periodontal phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; PERIODONTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH CROWN;

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; INCISOR; LIGHT; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; PERIODONTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH CROWN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64949179249     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01398.x     Document Type: Article

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