Soft tissue management for dental implants: What are the most effective techniques? A Cochrane systematic review

European Journal of Oral Implantology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-238

  Esposito, Marco ^a   Maghaireh, Hassan ^b   Grusovin, Maria Gabriella ^c   Ziounas, Ioannis ^b   Worthington, Helen V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Private Clinical Practice   (Italy)

Author keywords

dental implant; Flap; Keratinised mucosa; Randomised controlled clinical trial; Soft tissue augmentation; Suture; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

CHEMISTRY; GINGIVA; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; GINGIVA; GINGIVOPLASTY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 84871691990     PISSN: 17562406     EISSN: 17562414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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