Treatment of the Gingival recession-literature Review of Current Progress

Many root coverage techniques, such as a lateral pedicle flap, double papilla flap, free gingival graft, connective tissue graft, guided tissue regeneration (GTR) procedure, etc., have been widely applied to the treatment of gingival recession in clinical dental practice. Although they all provide various degrees of successful root coverage, many disadvantages still remain for each respective method. Some procedures need very complicated and technically demanding steps and thus are not always predictable, while others require a 2-stage operation or 2 surgical sites and thus commonly lead to slow healing of the wound. These procedures usually result in complications of postoperative hemorrhage and cause moderate to severe pain and discomfort after the surgical intervention. Difficult and intensive postoperative care is also quite commonly encountered during the early phase of the wound-healing period with these procedures. Others disadvantages are those which may either produce situations impairing the blood supply to the graft on the donor site or resulting in a poor color match (poor esthetics) of the graft tissue to the adjacent gingival. In this report, a short, a literature review concerning current treatments for gingival recession is conducted.

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gingival recession ； coronally positioned pedicle flap ； connective tissue graft ； enamel matrix derivative ； guided tissue regeneration

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