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Volume 36 , Issue 4
July/August 2016
Pages 525–531

Root Coverage in Smokers with Acellular Dermal Matrix Graft and Enamel Matrix Derivative: A 12-Month Randomized Clinical Trial

Priscila Paganini Costa, MsC, DDS, PhD/Luciana Bastos Alves, MsC, DDS, PhD/Sérgio Luís Scombatti de Souza, MsC, DDS, PhD/Márcio Fernando de Moraes Grisi, MsC, DDS, PhD/Daniela Bazan Palioto, MsC, DDS, PhD/Mario Taba, Jr, MsC, DDS, PhD/Arthur Belém Novaes, Jr, MsC, DDS, PhD

PMID: 27333010
DOI: 10.11607/prd.2560

This study investigated whether enamel matrix derivative (EMD) contributes to root coverage of gingival recessions performed with acellular dermal matrix graft (ADMG) in smokers during a 12-month follow-up. A sample of 19 smokers presenting bilateral Miller Class I or II gingival recessions were included. Selected sites randomly received both ADMG and EMD (test) or ADMG alone (control). Probing depth, clinical attachment level, gingival recession height, keratinized tissue, and root coverage were evaluated. Mean gain in recession height (P < .05), sites with complete root coverage (P < .05), and percentage of root coverage (59.7% and 52.8%, respectively) favored the test group compared with the control group.

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