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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2025

Soft tissue augmentation procedures for natural teeth and dental implants: an overview of systematic reviews.

Sandra Olivia Kuswandani, Jacopo Buti, Roberto Rotundo, Dimas Ilham Hutomo, Hong Jin Tan, Francesco D'Aiuto

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sandra Olivia KuswandaniPeriodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
Jacopo ButiPeriodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
Roberto RotundoPeriodontology Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Dimas Ilham HutomoPeriodontology Department, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Hong Jin TanPeriodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
Francesco D'AiutoPeriodontology Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (overview). The objectives are as follows: To synthesise the evidence from Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials on the comparative clinical effectiveness, aesthetic, and patient-reported outcomes of soft tissue augmentation procedures with or without the use of soft tissue substitutes around teeth, dental implants, or both.

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Dental ImplantsGingivoplastyReview Literature as TopicToothEsthetics, DentalHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicDental Implants

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PMID40662426
PMCPMC12261394

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