Surgical Extrusion for the Clinical Crown Lengthening: a 12-months Clinical Study

Surgical Extrusion for the Clinical Crown Lengthening: a 12-months Prospective Clinical Study

This is a prospective study in which surgical extrusion of single-rooted teeth is carried out by the same operator in 15 consecutive patients.

Main objective: to evaluate the soft tissue rebound of the teeth 1 year after the surgery.

Null hypothesis (H0): surgical extrusion is not a predictable treatment for the restoration of single rooted teeth.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Systemically and periodontally healthy, non-smoking patients.
• Single-rooted, straight teeth with insufficient ferrule, which require restorative treatment.
• Teeth with a favorable crown-root ratio.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe systemic disease patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists classification 1 or 2).
• Multi-rooted, curved and/or short teeth.
• Teeth with an uncontrolled periodontal pathology.
• Pregnant women.
• Teeth with types ll or lll mobility.