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Volume 37 , Issue 6
November/December 2017
Pages 791–800

A Retrospective Periodontal Assessment of 137 Teeth After Featheredge Preparation and Gingittage

Fabio Scutellà, DDS, CAGS, MSD/Tommaso Weinstein, DDS, PhD/Giovanni Zucchelli, DDS, PhD/Tiziano Testori, MD, DDS, FICD/Massimo Del Fabbro, BSc, PhD

PMID: 29023608
DOI: 10.11607/prd.3274

The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the periodontal response of periodontally healthy teeth prosthetically restored using a featheredge finish line preparation combined with a light rotary curettage (gingittage). A total of 137 restored teeth were included in the study. Mean follow-up time was 18.2 months (range: 6 to 60 months). Bleeding on probing was noted in 18% of cases, while the Plaque Index was found to be 11%. The probing depth in 99.4% of cases was ≤ 3 mm. In only 7 cases (5.1%), a slight restoration margin exposure was recorded. Although randomized controlled studies with longer follow-up are advocated, the present investigation seems to suggest that this protocol is a viable procedure.

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