Bimanual instrument suturing technique for periodontal and implant microsurgery: A technical note
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Authors
- Diego Velasquez-Plata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-8355)
- Hsun‐Liang Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-0447)
- Yu‐Chang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9847-9434)
- Edward Shih‐Chang Tseng
- Mark Gordon
- Wen‐Xiang Zhang
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Aurora Periodontics and Implant Dentistry (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Chung Shan Medical University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Advances in Periodontics
- Published
- 2026-09-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cap.70098
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00