Frenulectomy: proposal of a new surgical approach and case report.
The frenula of the oral cavity represent the insertion of perioral muscles in jaws, consisting of a fold of the triangular fibro-connective tissue covered with mucous membrane and usually inserted at the mucogingival line. The purpose of this work, after a review of literature, was to provide the clinical signs above the median frenum removal order for the orthodontic closure of a interincisor diastema and to present a new surgical technique.
Department of Odontostomatologic and Maxillo-Facial Sciences Federico II University, Naples, Italy. gaetano.marenzi@tiscali.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003970:Diastema / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007742:Labial Frenum / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing