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Volume 37 , Issue 1
January/February 2017
Pages 89–97

Histologic and Clinical Study of Gingival Recession Treated with Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft: A Case Report

Ana-María García-De-la-Fuente, Dr Odont/Luis Antonio Aguirre-Zorzano, Dr Med Dent/Ruth Estefanía-Fresco, Dr Odont/Laia Roig-Ódena/José-Manuel Aguirre-Urizar, Dr Med Dent

PMID: 27977823
DOI: 10.11607/prd.2638

Subepithelial connective tissue graft (SCTG) is considered the gold standard for treatment of gingival recessions. For ethical reasons, most studies report only clinical and not histologic results. A 20-year-old woman presenting with a localized gingival recession of 5 mm in the mandibular left central incisor was treated with SCTG. According to the initial treatment plan, the tooth was extracted 11 months later and a histologic study was performed, revealing new attachment of connective tissue with collagen fibers that were directly inserted in a perpendicular way into dentin areas and new cement areas (1.37 mm).

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