Evidence-based periodontal plastic surgery: An assessment of quality of systematic reviews in the treatment of recession-type defects

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1110-1118

  Chambrone, Leandro ^a   Faggion Jr , Clovis Mariano ^b   Pannuti, Claudio Mendes ^a   Chambrone, Luiz A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Private practice   (Brazil)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; gingival recession; gingival recession surgery; root coverage; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649291964     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2010.01634.x     Document Type: Review

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