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Ridge augmentation using a subepithelial connective tissue pedicle graft. 1993

P D Wang, and D P Pitman, and H H Jans

Division of Periodontics, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery.

The deficient labial ridge can present aesthetic problems for the patient and technical problems for the restorative dentist. The learning objective of this report is a technique for obtaining connective tissue from an adjacent donor site in the form of a pedicle and positioning it beneath a partial thickness flap. The technique offers advantages over previous methods in terms of patient comfort, vascularization of the graft, and specific placement of the grafted connective tissue.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010159	Palate	The structure that forms the roof of the mouth. It consists of the anterior hard palate (PALATE, HARD) and the posterior soft palate (PALATE, SOFT).	Incisive Papilla,Incisive Papillas,Palates,Papilla, Incisive,Papillas, Incisive
D003238	Connective Tissue	Tissue that supports and binds other tissues. It consists of CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS embedded in a large amount of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX.	Connective Tissues,Tissue, Connective,Tissues, Connective
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000540	Alveolar Ridge Augmentation	Preprosthetic surgery involving rib, cartilage, or iliac crest bone grafts, usually autologous, or synthetic implants for rebuilding the alveolar ridge.	Mandibular Ridge Augmentation,Maxillary Ridge Augmentation,Alveolar Ridge Augmentations,Augmentation, Alveolar Ridge,Augmentation, Mandibular Ridge,Augmentation, Maxillary Ridge,Augmentations, Alveolar Ridge,Augmentations, Mandibular Ridge,Augmentations, Maxillary Ridge,Mandibular Ridge Augmentations,Maxillary Ridge Augmentations,Ridge Augmentation, Alveolar,Ridge Augmentation, Mandibular,Ridge Augmentation, Maxillary,Ridge Augmentations, Alveolar,Ridge Augmentations, Mandibular,Ridge Augmentations, Maxillary
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps