Connective tissue grafts for thickening peri-implant tissues at implant placement. One-year results from an explanatory split-mouth randomised controlled clinical trial

European Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Wiesner, Günter ^a   Esposito, Marco ^b,c   Worthington, Helen ^b   Schlee, Markus ^d  

^a Private Practice Pathology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Private Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetic; Connective tissue graft; Dental implant; Randomised controlled clinical trial; Soft tissue augmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CROWNS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953087024     PISSN: 17562406     EISSN: 17562414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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