The perio dressing does not stay long.  The buccal portion dislodges by itself 5 days postop.  The lingual portion is removed in clinic.  New dressing is going to be re-applied, because the buccal wound has not completely healed (Fig.8 <, albeit asymptomatic) with partial exposure of the bone graft (*).  Why is the dressing lost so early?

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/29/2013, last revision 05/19/2020