title: Bone anchoring of sutures for adequate repositioning of the soft tissue flaps in one stage dental implants.
abstract: The choice of suture material and technique is important to optimize wound healing. If surgical wound edges are not properly approximated healing may be delayed because blood may accumulate under the flap and separate it from the underlying bone. The authors present an alternative suturing technique. They use a 'C suture' to fix and minimize mobilization of the soft tissues around non-submerged implants.
authors.affiliation: Baskent University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ankara, Turkey. nuraltiparmak@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Altiparmak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uckan
mesh_terms: D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005881:Gingiva / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D013537:Sutures; D014945:Wound Healing