technique (EFT) with the coronally advanced flap technique (CAF) using a porcine collagen matrix (PCM) for root coverage. Twenty patients with two bilateral gingival recessions, Miller class I or II on non-molar teeth were treated with CAF+PCM (control group) or EFT+PCM (test group). Clinical measurements of probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL), recession height (RH), ker...

Gingival recession (GR) exposes the root surface and causes sensitivity, if left untreated it will lead to exposure with bone loss around teeth eventually more complex periodontal defect. There are numerous surgical interventions present in literature for treating gingival recession, Coronally advanced flap (CAF) surgery is one of most common procedures treatment. The Predictability treatment o...

If the clinical goal of the periodontal plastic surgery is the complete root coverage of gingival recessions, then the microscopically goal standard is to obtain a true periodontal regeneration. Only the histological examination can reveal cellular events unrolled into the grafted tissue-root surface interface and the nature of the clinically observed attachment. To our knowledge, there are no ...

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...

The preliminary unit root test has been found to be a useful tool for improving the accuracy of a one-step-ahead predictor and prediction interval for the first-order autoregressive process when an autoregressive coefficient is close to one. This paper applies the aforementioned concepts of the preliminary unit root test in order to improve the efficiency of prediction intervals for the Gaussia...

Purpose. The aim of this prospective longitudinal clinical pilot study was the evaluation of the effect on the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) and patient-centered results of the envelope technique for Connective Tissue Graft (CTG). Methods. Sixteen patients (11 females) 24 to 71 years of age (42.6 +/- 11.1) received CTG that had been harvested from the palate and grafted using the envelope t...