Mucogingival surgery involving gingival reconstruction has become an integral part of current periodontal practice. Gingival recession, either localized or generalized, may beassociated with one or more surfaces, resulting in attachment loss and root exposure, which can lead to clinical and fuctional problems such as poor esthetic, poor plaque control and root hypersensitivity etc. Miller’s Cla...

Recently, Diebold and Kilian [Unit root tests are useful for selecting forecasting models, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 18, 265-273, 2007] and Niwitpong [Effect of Preliminary unit roots on predictors for an unknown mean AR(1) process, Thailand Statistician 7, 71-79, 2009] indicated that the preciseness of a predictor for an AR(1) process can be increased by using the preliminary...

AIM The aim of this randomized clinical trial (RCT) was to compare the clinical performance of the tunnel technique with subepithelial connective tissue graft (TUN) versus a coronally advanced flap with enamel matrix derivative (CAF) in the treatment of gingival recession defects. The use of innovative 3D digital measuring methods allowed to study healing dynamics at connective tissue (CT)-graf...

OBJECTIVE In root coverage treatment, periodontal regeneration in gingival recession-type defects is an important challenge for the periodontist. The aim of this study was to histometrically investigate the effect of combined use of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) and beta tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) on root coverage in dogs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen adult beagle dogs were used. ...

This case report presents an unusual complication, cervical root resorption, after a conventional connective tissue grafting procedure and tetracycline root conditioning. The recession was 7 mm high, with 0.5 mm of keratinized tissue present, a 2-mm probing depth, and was classified as Miller Class III. The clinical result was satisfactory and 5 mm of root coverage was achieved. However, after ...