Maxillary exostoses as contributing etiology to lip hypermobility and associated excessive gingival display: A clinical report.

Several etiologies may contribute to the development of excessive gingival display (EGD). However, little, if any, consideration has been given to the potentially significant role of prominent buccal maxillary exostoses (BMEs) in EGD etiology. Therefore, the aim of this report was to highlight the contribution of BMEs to EGD.

Root coverage in isolated gingival recessions using autograft versus allograft: a pilot study.

Background: Different surgical techniques have been used to treat gingival recessions. This preliminary study compared clinical findings for the treatment of isolated gingival defects using a coronally positioned flap associated with a subepithelial connective tissue graft or an acellular dermal matrix graft.

Methods: Ten subjects with bilateral and comparable Miller Class I or II defects were selected.

Modified coronally advanced flap associated with a subepithelial connective tissue graft for the treatment of adjacent multiple gingival recessions.

Background: The clinical choice of the appropriate surgical technique aiming at root coverage relies, among other factors, on the number of adjacent gingival recessions. This study aimed to clinically evaluate the effectiveness and the predictability of root coverage at adjacent multiple gingival recessions using a modified coronally positioned flap associated with the subepithelial connective tissue graft.

Methods: Ten non-smoking, healthy subjects (five men and five women; mean age, 28.

Coronally positioned flap with subepithelial connective tissue graft for root coverage: various indications and flap designs.

Aesthetic concerns and functional abnormalities, such as dentin hypersensitivity, are often associated with gingival recession defects. Root coverage procedures aim to restore both gingival aesthetics and function in recession defects. The coronally positioned flap combined with the subepithelial connective tissue graft is one of the most widely used root coverage procedures.

Therapy with adjunctive doxycycline local delivery in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and periodontitis.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of subgingival administration of doxycycline as an adjunct to periodontal therapy in type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients.

Material And Methods: Twenty-two paired periodontal defects > or =5.0 mm were treated in 11 patients (35-55 years old).

Root coverage using the coronally positioned flap with or without a subepithelial connective tissue graft.

Background: Various surgical techniques have been proposed for treating gingival recession. This randomized clinical trial compared the coronally positioned flap (CPF) alone or in conjunction with a subepithelial connective tissue graft (SCTG) in the treatment of gingival recession.

Methods: Eleven non-smoking subjects with bilateral and comparable Miller Class I recession defects were selected.

Clinical and radiographic evaluation of soft and hard tissue changes around implants: a pilot study.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic changes in the peri-implant tissues around one-stage implants with different smooth neck portion lengths before and after functional prosthetic loading.

Methods: Twelve one-stage implants were placed in adult patients with bilateral edentulous posterior mandibular ridges. The sites were randomly assigned into two groups of six each: group 1: 2.