Cervical dental caries and/or abrasions are often associated with gingival recessions. These lesions can be treated with either restorative or periodontal approaches. There are various periodontal approaches for treating gingival recessions associated with carious cervical lesions (Matter, 1979; Fourel, 1982; Miller, 1983; Pini Prato et al, 1992; Goldstein et al, 2002) that make it possible to ...

The author discusses how wide experience with lipoplasty techniques, the development of modified brachioplasty procedures, and improved understanding of skin retraction have reduced surgeon discomfort about brachial lipoplasty and brachioplasty.

1 Graduate Institute of Oral Sciences, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 2 Graduate School of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 3 Department of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. 4 Department of Dentistry, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. ...

Gingival health and appearance are essential components of an attractive smile. Gingival pigmentation results from melanoblastic activity. ‘Black gums’ are common esthetic problem particularly in patients who have a very high smile line (gummy smile). Different treatment modalities have been reported for depigmentation of gingiva such as bur abrasion, scraping, partial thickness flap, cryothera...

This study was conducted to identify factors associated with periodontal disease in a Jordanian population using principal component and factor analysis techniques. Subjects were 603 dentate patients aged 15-65 years attending dental teaching clinics at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. Their oral hygiene and periodontal status were assessed using plaque index, gingival index, pr...

The aim of the present article is to summarize current knowledge in terms of the etiology, diagnosis, prognosis and surgical treatment of gingival recession. Whilst the main etiological factors (i.e. toothbrushing trauma and bacterial plaque) are well established, challenges still remain to be solved in the diagnostic, prognostic and classification processes of gingival recession, especially wh...