The fusion of keratinized epithelium, an indication of early implant placement in the aesthetic area: an animal study

• Main Authors: Chengyan Ren (Author), Weihui Chen (Author), Jiangping Chen (Author), Chuanqing Mao (Author), Caiyu Liao (Author), Jianan Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background In the period of the early implant placement, the socket is mainly occupied by provisional matrix (PM). Keratinized epithelium (KE) is critical for primary wound closure. Although both KE and PM are important, the detailed relationship among migrating KE, PM formation and indicat...