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Volume 43 , Issue 3
May/June 2023
Pages 379–385

Multiple Subperiosteal Sling Sutures for Connective Tissue Graft Stabilization in the Treatment of Multiple Recession Defects Utilizing Subperiosteal Tunnels via VISTA and Intrasulcular Access

Jonathan H. Do, DDS/Jessica M. Latimer, DDS/Thomas T. Nguyen, DMD, MSc

DOI: 10.11607/prd.5809

This report describes the utilization of multiple subperiosteal sling (SPS) sutures to stabilize connective tissue grafts in the treatment of multiple recession defects using subperiosteal tunnels via vestibular and intrasulcular accesses. The SPS sutures engage only the graft and stabilize it against teeth inside the subperiosteal tunnel without engaging the overlying soft tissue, which is neither sutured nor coronally advanced. At sites with deep recessions, the graft is left exposed over the denuded root surfaces and allowed to epithelialize, which results in root coverage and increased attached keratinized tissue. Further controlled studies are required to investigate the predictability of this treatment approach.

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