Does Gingival Recession Require Surgical Treatment?

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 981-996

  Chan, Hsun Liang ^a   Chun, Yong Hee Patricia ^b,c   MacEachern, Mark ^d   Oates, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Esthetics; Gingival recession; Periodontal attachment loss; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

DENTAL PROCEDURE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

ESTHETICS, DENTAL; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84942550532     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: 15580512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2015.06.010     Document Type: Review

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