A case series study on ten patients with lack of keratinization in the non-esthetic area .the purpose of the study is the evaluation of using the titanium tacks in free gingival graft fixation as an alternative to the conventional suturing techniques or the tissue adhesives.
A case series study conducted on 10 patients with lack of keratinization in the non- esthetic areas for clinical evaluation of the effeciancy of the titanium tacks in free gingival graft fixation in terms of the amount of the graft shrinkage through out a six months follow up period . the records will be taken through imagej software for comparing the graft surface area at 1 , 3 and six months .
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
using tacks or pins made of titanium 2.5 mm diameter and 4mm length for free gingival graft fixation.
Faculty Od Dentistry - Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
evaluation of the amount of the free gingival graft contraction when being fixed using the titanium tacks( bone tacks)
evaluating the amount of graft contraction by a software standardized surface area calibration of digital photographs taken at one, three, and six months postoperatively
Time frame: 6 months
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