In ICOI’s official glossary, Aesthetic Buccal Flap (ABF) is cross-referenced to Esthetic Buccal Flap (EBF).
Esthetic Buccal Flap (EBF): A flap design that helps to preserve the soft tissue architecture while gaining access to the facial cortical plate of bone when implants placed in an ideal prosthetic position result in perforations which can then be corrected with guided bone regeneration (GBR).See: Guided bone regeneration (GBR).
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