The Use of a Connective Tissue Auto-graft in Combination With Either the Tunnel Technique or the Coronally Advanced Flap for the Treatment of Multiple Gingival Recession Defects. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
The Use of a Connective Tissue Auto-graft in Combination With Either the Tunnel Technique or the Coronally Advanced Flap for the Treatment of Multiple Gingival Recession Defects. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
Many studies have compared the tunnel technique and coronally advanced flap in the treatment of single and multiple recessions. However, there is a lack of evidence that compared both techniques in combination with a connective tissue graft, for just multiple adjacent recessions. No technique is clearly superior to another in terms of complete root coverage (CRC), mean root coverage (MRC) and the gain of keratinized tissue height (KTH) when multiple recession coverage was evaluated. Moreover, as a connective tissue graft supposed to offer more stability in terms of complete root coverage in long-term basis, the main question should be aimed at the role of the sub-epithelial connective tissue graft, when it is used in combination with one technique or another. Hence, the hypothesis is focused on if the use of a connective tissue graft in combination with a tunnel technique would provide higher clinical outcomes and similar patient-based outcomes than its use in combination with the Coronally Advanced flap technique.
Parallel group, clinical evaluator- and statistician-blinded, randomized clinical trial.
Inclusion Criteria:
• Subjects with a minimum of two adjacent teeth and a maximum of four adjacent teeth with gingival recessions (at least one with a depth ≥ 3 mm) and requiring surgical intervention, without medical contraindications to elective surgery.
Exclusion Criteria: