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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Plastic Surgery Procedures > Guided Tissue Regeneration > Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Oral Surgical Procedures > Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal
Health Occupations > Dentistry > Oral Surgical Procedures > Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal
Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Periodontics > Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal

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Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Guided Periodontal Tissue Regeneration
  • Periodontal Guided Tissue Regeneration
  • Regeneration, Periodontal Guided Tissue

Scope note

  • Techniques for enhancing and directing cell growth to repopulate specific parts of the PERIODONTIUM that have been damaged by PERIODONTAL DISEASES; TOOTH DISEASES; or TRAUMA, or to correct TOOTH ABNORMALITIES. Repopulation and repair is achieved by guiding the progenitor cells to reproduce in the desired location by blocking contact with surrounding tissue by use of membranes composed of synthetic or natural material that may include growth inducing factors as well.

History note

  • 2005(1992)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016557

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