Treatment of Buccal Ginvigal Recessions With the Tunnel Technique in Conjunction With Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid and Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft. A Randomized Clinical Trial

Universidade de Lisboa

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid

Treatments: Device: With Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05436002

Cross-linked hyaluronic acid

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the outcomes of buccal gengival recession type 1 (RT1) treated with the tunnel technique in conjunction with a cross-linked hyaluronic acid and subepithelial palatal connective tissue grafts.

Full description

To evaluate the outcomes of buccal gengival recession type 1 (RT1) treated with the tunnel technique in conjunction with a cross-linked hyaluronic acid and subepithelial palatal connective tissue grafts.

To evaluate the esthetic outcome as perceived by periodontists, using the root coverage esthetic score (RES).

Test Group - Tunnel technique in conjunction with a cross-linked hyaluronic acid and subepithelial palatal connective tissue grafts.

Control Group - Tunnel technique and subepithelial palatal connective tissue grafts.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• None of the patients were smokers and all were systemically healthy without any signs of periodontal disease.
• Each patient had to display at least one ginvigal recession (RT1) of a depth of ≥ 2 mm.
• Patients exhibited an adequate level of oral hygiene evidenced by a full- mouth plaque score (FMPS) < 25%39 and full-mouth bleeding score (FMBS) < 25%.

Exclusion criteria

• Smokers
• Gingival recesstion RT 2 or RT 3 (Cairo 2011).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

With Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid

Active Comparator group

Description:

Tunnel Technique in Conjunction With Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid and Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft.

Treatment:

Device: With Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid

Whitout Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Tunnel Technique in Conjunction With Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft.

Treatment:

Device: With Cross-linked Hyaluronic Acid