Determining the gingival biotype based on dentopapillary compound

• Main Authors: Sheema Tasneem (Author), K Venugopal (Author), P L Ravishankar (Author), Priyankar Chakraborty (Author), V S P Gupta Kandukuri (Author), A V Saravanan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Knowledge of the gingival biotype or phenotype is of fundamental importance to an oral clinician. There is a direct correlation between gingival biotype and susceptibility to gingival recession following surgical and restorative procedures. The thick and slightly scalloped marginal gin...