Does harvesting connective tissue grafts from the palate cause persistent sensory dysfunction? A pilot study

Quintessence International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-489

  Buff, Linda R ^a   Bürklin, Thomas ^a   Eickholz, Peter ^b   Mönting, Jürgen Schulte ^c   Ratka Krüger, Petra ^b,c  

^a Hospital of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/Main ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connective tissue graft; Harvesting; Palate; Patient centered outcomes; Root coverage graft; Sensory dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PALATE, HARD; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 79958227276     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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