Open AccessVascularized interpositional periosteal connective tissue flap: A modern approach to augment soft tissue
Author(s) -
Chitra Agarwal,
Savita Deora,
Dennis Abraham,
Rohini Gaba,
Baron Tarun Kumar,
Praveen Kudva
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.145793
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , connective tissue , ridge , augment , dentistry , hard tissue , surgery , pathology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Nowadays esthetics plays an important role in dentistry along with function of the prosthesis. Various soft tissue augmentation procedures are available to correct the ridge defects in the anterior region. The newer technique, vascularized interpositional periosteal connective tissue (VIP-CT) flap has been introduced, which has the potential to augment predictable amount of tissue and has many benefits when compared to other techniques.