Soft tissue stability and volumetric changes after 5 years in pontic sites with or without soft tissue grafting: A retrospective cohort study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 969-974

  Sanz Martín, Ignacio ^a   Sailer, Irena ^b   Hämmerle, Christoph H F ^c   Thoma, Daniel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Crown; Fixed partial denture; Humans; Pontic; Soft tissue; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ALVEOLAR RIDGE AUGMENTATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ALVEOLAR RIDGE AUGMENTATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84955096729     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/clr.12743     Document Type: Article

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