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Guided Tissue Regeneration in Mucogingival Surgery
Author(s) -
Tinti Carlo,
Vincenzi Giampaolo,
Cocchetto Roberto
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.64.11s.1184
Subject(s) - blood supply , regeneration (biology) , medicine , dentistry , gingival recession , surgery , biomedical engineering , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
T he use of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene ( e PTFE) membranes in the treatment of mucogingival problems such as gingival recession, has been recently described. The major issues raised dealt with creating and maintaining space under the membrane and designing a flap that could be coronally positioned and at the same time capable of maintaining a good blood supply. The authors proposed the use of a trapezoidal flap and some technical space‐making solutions, such as the use of a suturing technique and different metal structures to support the membranes. J Periodontol 1993; 64:1184–1191 .