Gingival margin alterations and the pre-orthodontic treatment amount of keratinized gingiva Alterações da margem gengival e a quantidade de gengiva ceratinizada pré-tratamento ortodôntico

The purpose of this retrospective study was to associate the amount of keratinized gingiva present in adolescents prior to orthodontic treatment to the development of gingival recessions after the end of treatment. The sample consisted of the intra-oral photographs and orthodontic study models from...

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Main Authors: Luciane Quadrado Closs, Paula Branco, Susana Deon Rizzatto, Dirceu Barnabé Raveli, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2007-03-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242007000100010