Open AccessAssessment of various treatment modalities for isolated gingival recession defect- A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Karthikeyan Murthykumar,
Arvina Rajasekar,
Gurumoorthy Kaarthikeyan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of research in pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-7538
DOI - 10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.2824
Subject(s) - gingival recession , modalities , recession , medicine , treatment modality , dentistry , root (linguistics) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , economics , social science , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , keynesian economics
Esthetic demands among the patients have increased markedly over the past few years. The Gingival recession is one of the prime concerns, and there are various treatment modalities in managing recession defects. Most often, outcomes following root coverage procedures are not assessed. Thus the current article aims to determine the aesthetic outcome following various treatment modalities for root coverage procedures using Recession Score (RES). In the present study, seventeen patients with Miller Class I, II and III recession defects treated with root coverage procedures were evaluated retrospectively. Esthetic outcomes were assessed using the root coverage score (RES) . Among 17 managed recession sites, 6(35%) had complete root coverage. Three of six patients who attained complete root coverage had a perfect score (RES-10). Free Gingival Graft showed better root coverage and recession score (RES); however, there was no significant association between root coverage, RES and various treatment modalities used for recession coverage (p>0.05).