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Edentulous Area Tissue Graft Correction of an Esthetic Defect: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Meltzer Jeffrey A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1979.50.6.320
Subject(s) - citation , center (category theory) , medicine , library science , computer science , crystallography , chemistry
A patient was left with a severe defect following the extraction of the right maxillary lateral and central incisors. A graft of epithelial and connective tissue was taken from the maxillary tuberosity and placed into the defect. This resulted in the filling of the defect and the correction of the esthetic problem.