{"id":966,"date":"2026-05-28T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/?post_type=article&#038;p=966"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:37:15","slug":"xenografts-vs-autografts-for-soft-tissue-augmentation-around-dental-implants-2208","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/article\/xenografts-vs-autografts-for-soft-tissue-augmentation-around-dental-implants-2208\/","title":{"rendered":"Xenografts vs. Autografts for Soft Tissue Augmentation around Dental Implants"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"article-type":[5],"forum-tag":[278,48,275,248,276,277],"class_list":["post-966","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-feature-article","forum-tag-autogenous","forum-tag-dental-implants","forum-tag-keratinized-tissue","forum-tag-soft-tissue-augmentation","forum-tag-substitute","forum-tag-xenogenic"],"acf":{"feature_topic":1458,"authors":[1174,992,996],"read_time":"7 min","publication_date":"20161114","doi":"10.3290\/iti.fi.45681","excerpt":"Dental implants have proven to be a successful treatment option in fully and partially edentulous patients, rendering long-term functional and esthetic outcomes with peri-implant tissue stability. 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(2012) Is there a need for keratinized mucosa around implants to maintain health and tissue stability? <em>Clinical Oral Implants Research<\/em> <strong>23 Suppl 6<\/strong>: 136-146.","endnote":"OWN - ITI International Team for Implantology\r\n CI - ITI International Team for Implantology\r\n JT - Forum Implantologicum\r\n DP - 2016\r\n LA - en\r\n TI - Xenografts vs. Autografts for Soft Tissue Augmentation around Dental Implants\r\nOWN - ITI International Team for Implantology\r\n AU - M\u00fchlemann S.\r\n AU - Jung R.\r\n AU - Thoma D.\r\nAID - 10.3290\/iti.fi.45681[doi]\r\n AB - Abstract"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1931,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/966\/revisions\/1931"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-author\/996"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-author\/992"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-author\/1174"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature-topic\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-type?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"forum-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-impl.iti.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forum-tag?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}