STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva is a crucial esthetic problem. A variety of methods have been used for gingival depigmentation. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the results of two treatment modalities: scalpel technique and cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen in treatment of gingival pigmentation. MATERIALS AND METHOD Twenty patients with chief comp...

Background In recent years the roles of esthetics and patient comfort have become increasingly important in dentistry. Paralleling this development, the role of root coverage procedures to treat gingival recession has gained more importance in periodontics. Gingival recession and its corollary, root exposure, may result in several undesirable sequelae, including compromised esthetics; root sens...

OBJECTIVE Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) is a rare genetic condition related to mutations in the COL3A1 gene, responsible of vascular, digestive and uterine accidents. Difficulty of clinical diagnosis has led to the design of diagnostic criteria, summarised in the Villefranche classification. The goal was to assess oral features of vEDS. Gingival recession is the only oral sign recognis...

AIM To determine the prevalence of different etiological factors of dentin hypersensitivity in patients and to provide information on their association with dentin hypersensitivity. METHODS AND MATERIALS Twenty-nine patients (17 male, 12 female) suffering from pain of dentin hypersensitivity were recruited to participate in the study. A relevant history was taken and dentin hypersensitivity c...

Free gingival grafts have been used to repair periodontal deformities resulting from gingival recession. The review of the literature has, however, revealed only a few report of successful root coverage by this technique. The cases of successful root coverage by free gingival grafts technique were presented . In this study, 6 areas of localized gingival recession with root exposure were treated...

Gingival recession is the most common mucogingival deformity and should be treated at its earliest detection. Exposed root surfaces are more likely to develop root sensitivity and root caries and pose esthetic problems. Among various procedures, laterally positioned pedicle graft (LPG) is widely used successfully to cover Miller’s class-I and Class-II recession defects. The main advantages of t...

Various clinical reports on the reconstruction of gingival recession defects have been published in the past decade. Several techniques have been used to achieve root coverage, including creation of free gingival grafts, laterally positioned flaps or semilunar coronally positioned flaps, as well as guided tissue regeneration and connective tissue grafting. This article focuses on the importance...

Gingival recession is a condition that affects a large portion of the young and adult population and negatively affects the aesthetic aspects of the smile. Many factors are related to its development, including orthodontic movement beyond the osseous limits. Many treatment options have been proposed to cover the exposed root surface. The aim of this article was to describe three cases where a s...