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Comparative Study
. 1983 Oct;50(4):561-5.
doi: 10.1016/0022-3913(83)90581-4.

Comparative study of gingival retraction methods

R Azzi, T F Tsao, F A Carranza Jr, E B Kenney
Comparative Study

Comparative study of gingival retraction methods

R Azzi et al. J Prosthet Dent. 1983 Oct.

Abstract

The effects of electrosurgery, retraction cord, and the rotary gingival curettage technique were tested clinically and histologically in dogs. Postoperative periods analyzed ranged from 6 hours to 14 days. All methods induced some kind of minor damage. Recession of clinical magnitude was induced only by rotary gingival curettage. Apical migration of the junctional epithelium was not seen.

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