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Volume 29 , Issue 6
November/December 2009
Pages 593-597

A Connective Tissue Graft Envelope Technique for the Treatment of Single Gingival Recessions: A 1-Year Study

Roberto Abundo, MD, DDS/ Giuseppe Corrente, MD, DDS/ Alessandro Bermond des Ambrois, MD/Michele Perelli, DDS/Luca Savio, DDS

PMID: 20072736
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0885

Root coverage is the goal of periodontal plastic surgery when treating gingival recessions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical results 1 year after treatment with an envelope connective tissue graft technique for single recessions. Forty consecutive patients with single recessions were treated. At baseline and 1 year after surgery, recession, probing pocket depth, clinical attachment level, and keratinized tissue height were recorded. After 1 year, the mean differences in recession (3.12 ± 0.90 mm), clinical attachment level (3.92 ± 1.00 mm), keratinized tissue height (3.75 ± 0.95 mm), and probing pocket depth (0.50 ± 0.64 mm) were statistically significant. Mean root coverage was 95.54% ± 11.43%; 85% of the treated cases achieved complete root coverage. The envelope connective tissue graft technique showed high predictability in the treatment of single recessions. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2009;29:593–597.)

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