To correct gum recession, patient's own tissue from the roof of the mouth is harvested and placed where there is root exposed. This is considered gold standard of treatment. Sometimes patient don't want to have second surgical site in their mouth and at the same time do not want to use alternative tissue from human or animal donor. Using patients' blood and preparing it as a membrane is the next best thing to correct gum recession.
Patients that are interested in having corrective surgery for recession due to esthetic concerns or sensitivity will be enrolled in the study. The treatment site will randomly receive the procedure assignment. Intraoral scanner will be utilized to establish pre-op volume and will be repeated at each follow up visit. Total of 12 visits and 5 year duration is anticipated for the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
PRF on one side of mouth and CTG on the other side of participant's mouth.
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGCompare autologous PRF & Autogenous CTG
Primary objective of this study is to compare in a split-mouth study the effectiveness of CTG vs. PRF in soft tissue augmentation and volume stability of each treatment modality in correcting the Cairo Class I, II defects in Periodontally affected patients
Time frame: 5 years
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