"Effect of Vestibular Depth on Root Coverage Predictability in Miller Class III/Recession Type 2 Labial Gingival Recession Treated With Minimally Invasive Technique Using Connective Tissue Graft: A Prospective Cohort Study

Gingival recession is defined as partial exposure of the root surface to the oral cavity because of apical migration of the gingival margin (GM) with respect to the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ). Miller class III/Cairo RT2 gingival recession most common gingival recession where patient complaint of root sensitivity, root caries and wedge shape defect. Several mucogingival approaches have been proposed such as tunnel techniques, coronally advanced flap(most common), connective tissue graft, rotated flap. Local factor that influences the surgical intervention and outcome therapy is interproximal bone and attachment level, marginal gingival thickness (MGT), width of attached gingiva, and recession defect depth (RD) clinical attachment level (CAL). In recent publication Aroca et al. studied influence of distance from tip of the papilla and the contact point (DCP) on recession coverage outcome and concluded that the probability to obtain a complete root coverage decreases when the DCP at baseline increases. Another finding of recent case series shown association of vestibular depth (VD) and outcome in terms of % root coverage (%RC) and complete complete coverage (CRC) and revealed that each additional 1mm VD increased 2.75 times the probability of achieving CRC but they have not compared the root coverage outcome in deep and shallow vestibular depth. Therefore, this study will be conducted in Miller class III/RT2 labial gingival recession to observed the impact of vestibular depth on root coverage when treating with minimally invasive technique using connective tissue graft.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of vestibular depth on root coverage in Miller class III/ Cairo RT2 gingival recession when treated with minimally invasive technique using connective tissue graft.

Primary objective Comparative evaluation of percentage of recession coverage and complete root coverage in shallow and deep vestibular depth in Miller class III/ Cairo RT2 when treated with minimally invasive technique using connective tissue graft and also evaluated RD, RW, Gingiva phenotype, patient-based evaluation of pain and hypersensitivity by visual analogue scale(VAS)

Secondary objective To assess the improvement to other clinical parameter which will include clinical attachment level (CAL), Interdental clinical attachment, Mid buccal clinical attachment, Pocket probing depth (PPD), Bleeding on probing (BOP), Plaque index (PI), Gingival thickness (GT), Keratinized tissue width (KTW), Root aesthetic score (RES).

STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study