I DON’T CONTROL for gingival thickness at my implant sites
Dr Robert Stanley: Surely we’ve lost our minds this time, right? How can we not control for gingival thickness at the sites of our implant placements?
What does that mean for our patients’ outcomes after a dental implant procedure? I think my results speak for themselves. Where did this idea about controlling gingival thickness come from? Who created the definitions of “thick” and “thin” gingiva? And why? When we answer those questions, we can get to the heart of the matter and see why gingival thickness isn’t a true implant success criteria.
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Shared with kind approval from Dr Robert Stanley and the Stanley Institute. The opinions expressed in this video are those of the speaker and not necessarily BioHorizons Camlog. This video has not been edited in any way.
