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Primary study · included by 2 reviews

Ultrasound assessment of soft tissue augmentation around implants in the aesthetic zone using a connective tissue graft and xenogeneic collagen matrix – 1-year randomised follow-up

Puzio 2018 · Puzio Monika, Błaszczyszyn Artur, Hadzik Jakub, et al. · Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger · 2018

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Comparative outcomes of xenogeneic collagen matrices and autogenous graft-based techniques to increase mucosal thickness and keratinised mucosa width at implant sites: are autologous grafts still the gold standard? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Puzio 2018 · Results, Study selection; Figures 2-4 and 6; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Increase in buccal mucosal thickness (MT), mm
Non-crosslinked xenogeneic collagen matrix (XCM*) with bilaminar technique vs Subepithelial connective tissue graft (CTG) with bilaminar technique · 3 months
MD 0.27 [0.05, 0.49]5 studies · 152 participantsGRADE not reported
Increase in buccal mucosal thickness (MT), mm
Xenogeneic collagen matrices (XCM*, non-crosslinked, and VCMX, crosslinked) with bilaminar technique vs Subepithelial connective tissue graft (CTG) with bilaminar technique · 3 months
MD 0.27 [0.12, 0.42]9 studies · 294 participantsGRADE not reported
Emerging, personalized, and minimally invasive technologies for periodontal and peri-implant soft and hard tissue regenerative therapy.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Puzio 2018 · Table 2 (reference 126)

The review does not say which of its outcomes this study informs.

2 including reviews in total.