treatment of receeding gums using palatal graft: A 6 month follow up study

Phase 3

Completed

Conditions: patients with gingival recession in the anterior region of the oral cavity
Chronic periodontitis,

Brief Summary: The primary aim of the study is to :Assess the efficetiveness of gingival unit graft in the treatment of gingival recession with interdental attachment loss

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

25 patients with millerâ€™s class III & RT2 recession , will be enrolled to receive gingival unit grafts.
Plaque and gingival index will be scored at baseline after scaling, at 4 weeks and subsequently at every post surgical visit of the patient.
Post surgery ,the patients will be recalled every two weeks for the first two months and once every month thereafter for 18months.
Recession depth, recession width, probing depth, keratinised gingiva width, clinical attachment level both at donor and recipient site will be recorded at baseline 1 month, 3 months, 6 months period.
Supra gingival polishing at each of these visits may be done as required.
In addition a healing index for the donor site at 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks and an esthetic score for the recipient site at six months will be recorded.

Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Isolated RT2 buccal recession defects with depth â‰¥3mm and clinically identifiable cement enamel junction (CEJ) in mandibular anterior 2.
No active periodontal disease Exclusion criteria: 1.
Prominent or maloccluded teeth,which might require orthodontic correction prior to root coverage procedure.
Presence of non-cervical carious lesions or root caries.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in recession depth	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
root coverage esthetics score	6 months

Locations (1): SCB dental college and Hospital
🇮🇳
Cuttack, ORISSA, India
SCB dental college and Hospital
🇮🇳Cuttack, ORISSA, India
DrNeelima Katti
Principal investigator
9337613446
kattineelima@gmail.com