Periodontal biotype: Gingival thickness as it relates to probe visibility and buccal plate thickness

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1141-1149

  Frost, Natalie A ^a   Mealey, Brian L ^b   Jones, Archie A ^b   Huynh Ba, Guy ^b  

^a Private Practice   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bone and bones; Cone beam computed tomography; Gingiva; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CANINE TOOTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIODONTICS; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BICUSPID; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSPID; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PERIODONTICS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943279391     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2015.140394     Document Type: Article

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