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Mi-Si Si1, Long-Fei Zhuang, Xin Huang
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Implantology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
To evaluate the papilla alterations around single-implant restorations in the anterior maxillae after crown attachment and to study the influence of soft tissue thickness on the papilla fill alteration. According to the inclusion criteria, 32 patients subjected to implant-supported single-tooth restorations in anterior maxillae were included. The patients were assigned to two groups according to the mucosal thickness: (i) group 1, 1.5 mm s mucosal thickness 3 mm; and (ii) group 2, 3 mm
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