The "puffed cheek method" to evaluate mucosal thickness: Case series

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 719-724

  Dvorak, G ^a   Arnhart, C ^a   Schon P ^a   Heuberer, S ^a   Watzek, G ^a   Gahleitner, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gingival biotype; Masticatory mucosa; Oral vestibule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; CHEEK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKER; GINGIVA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JAW; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLINT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH ARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CHEEK; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; GINGIVA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INSUFFLATION; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLINTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878694554     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2012.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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