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Volume 14 , Issue 1
January/February 1994
Pages 71-81

The importance of restorative margin placement to the biologic width and periodontal health. Part II

Castellucci

PMID: 8005772
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0076

Part I of this article presented the rationale for the use of the crown-lengthening procedure prior to final prosthetic or restorative treatment. The primary objective of the procedure is the attachment of a periodontal biologic width, free of any invasive restorative dentistry, circumferentially around the tooth. Part II of this article presents a clinical case to demonstrate, step by step, the crown-lengthening procedure. Concurrently the clinical rationale for these steps is also explined.

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