Periodontal procedures to enhance restorative dentistry.
Alteration of soft tissue contours can enhance the esthetic result of a restoration. Current techniques, such as ridge augmentation and preservation, gingival augmentation and sculpturing, crown lengthening and root coverage, are reviewed.
Levine
D F
DF
Department of Periodontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Arzouman
M J
MJ
D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D016556:Crown Lengthening; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005893:Gingivoplasty; D006801:Humans; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; D010519:Periodontium / Q000601:surgery
D018786:Bone Substitutes