Clinical Comparison of Full and Partial Double Pedicle Flaps with Connective Tissue Grafts for Treatment of Gingival Recession.

Statement Of The Problem: Gingival recession has been considered as the most challenging issue in the field of periodontal plastic surgery.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of root coverage procedures by using partial thickness double pedicle graft and compare it with full thickness double pedicle graft.

Materials And Method: Eight patients, aged 15 to 58 years including 6 females and 2 males with 20 paired (mirror image) defects with class I and II gingival recession were randomly assigned into two groups.

Three dimensional socket preservation: a technique for soft tissue augmentation along with socket grafting.

Background: A cursory review of the current socket preservation literatures well depicts the necessity of further esthetic considerations through the corrective procedures of the alveolar ridge upon and post extraction. A new technique has been described here is a rotational pedicle combined epithelialized and connective tissue graft (RPC graft) adjunct with immediate guided tissue regeneration (GBR) procedure.

Results: We reviewed this technique through a case report and discuss it's benefit in compare to other socket preservation procedures.