Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a group of hereditary disorders primarily characterized by developmental abnormalities in the quantity and/or quality of enamel. There are some reports suggesting an association between AI and generalized gingival enlargement. This paper describes the clinical findings and oral management of two siblings presenting both AI and hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HG...

Introduction: Gingival enlargement is the term now used to describe medication-related gingival overgrowth or gingival hyperplasia, a common reactionary phenomenon that occurs with the use of several types of therapeutic agents, including antiepileptic drugs. This disorder has been recognized since 1939, shortly after the introduction of phenytoin. Methods: Review of literature concerning etiol...

Recent advances in tissue engineering technology suggest its application in different medical fields, including periodontology. There are some reports of new non-enzymatic methods of isolating human gingival fibroblast for short-time cultivation in vitro to be used in autologous gingival augmentation. The aim of this study was to obtain a simple and established method of culturing human gingiva...

Background: Gingival recession refers to apical migration of the gingival margin. Smoking is one of the most important risk factors for periodontitis that affects the prevalence, extent and severity of disease. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of smoking on gingival recession. Methods: Fifty smokers and 55 non-smokers took part in this cross-sectional study. Gingival recession on...

Though the necessity to place the finish line into the gingival sulcus obviously has a negative effect on the quality of the impression,4,8-10 aspects of gingival retraction have only been sparsely investigated.3-5 The aim of gingival retraction is to allow access for the impression material beyond the abutment margins and to create space for the impression material to be sufficiently thick. Te...

Introduction: Chronic Periodontitis is an infectious disease resulting in inflammation within the supporting tissues of teeth leading to progressive attachment and bone loss. Biochemical mediators oral fluids like saliva gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) are highly beneficial determination current periodontal status. Aim & objective: A comparative evaluation GCF salivary sclerostin levels chr...

BACKGROUND Dental implant placement using flapless surgery is a minimally invasive technique that improves blood supply compared with flapped surgery. However, the flapless technique does not provide access to allow bone regeneration. OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the clinical parameters following implant surgery in healed sites, using two procedures: flapped vs....

BACKGROUND Gingival recession in dentitions with otherwise healthy periodontium is a common occurrence in adults. Recession is clinically measured using a periodontal probe to the nearest millimeter. The aim of this study is to establish quantitative measures of recession, the clinical crown height, and a new measure the gingival margin-papillae measurement. The latter is seen as the shortest a...