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Biologic Width: Violation and Correction by Jony Ocaña is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the biological width, which refers to the dimensions of soft tissues attached to the tooth coronal to the alveolar bone crest. It describes how violating the biological width by placing restorative margins within it can lead to gingival inflammation, bone loss, and poor prosthetic outcomes. The biological width is typically reported as 2.04mm, consisting of 0.97mm of epithelial attachment and 1.07mm of connective tissue attachment. Maintaining at least 3mm of tooth structure coronal
- Author
- Jony Ocaña
- Language
- EN