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Explain treatment for soft tissue graft procedure using alloderm?
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See below: Alloderm is cadaveric (from a deceased person) dermis (the deep layer of the skin). It is processed and sterilized so it is virtually impossible to catch a disease from it. The surgeon will prepare the site for the grafting with incisions and then suture the alloderm into place. Often, a protective dressing will be placed along with post-operative pain medications and anitbiotics.
Answered 2/13/2013
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Allograft: If your gum is grafted with tissue from your palate is called an autograft. If it is tissue from another human being it is an allograft. Alloderm is connective tissue from a cadaver. It is an allograft that is used to increase the amount of gum tissue over a tooth where gum is lacking. It is stitched in place.
Answered 6/2/2013
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