Ultrasonic Assessment of Mucosal Thickness around Implants: Validity, Reproducibility, and Stability of Connective Tissue Grafts at the Buccal Aspect

Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-61

  Eghbali, Aryan ^a   De Bruyn, Hugo ^a   Cosyn, Jan ^a,b   Kerckaert, Ingrid ^a   Van Hoof, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Connective tissue graft; Dental implant; Mucosal thickness; Single tooth; Ultrasonic thickness determination; Validity and reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE TOOTH IMPLANT; SURGERY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASOUND;

CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CROWNS; DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE DENTAL IMPLANT LOADING; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84955597516     PISSN: 15230899     EISSN: 17088208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cid.12245     Document Type: Article

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