%0 Journal Article %T Colgajo de reposici¨®n apical %A P¨¦rez-Salcedo %A L. %A Bascones Mart¨ªnez %A A. %J Avances en Periodoncia e Implantolog¨ªa Oral %D 2011 %I Ediciones Avances, S.L. %X this paper describes the technique apically positioned flap since the first author nabers in 1954 and also the modifications performed by ariaudo and tyrrell in 1957 and friedman in 1962. also a clinical case is presented where it can be observed the different steps of the apically positioned flap in clinical pictures. afterwards some papers in which the efficacy of the apically positioned flap in the treatment of periodontitis are evaluated and described. %K apically positioned flap. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1699-65852011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en