Treatment of Gingival Recession Defects with Pouch and Tunnel Technique Using Connective Tissue Graft and Lyophilized Chorion Membrane in Smokers

08 March 2023 : Clinical Research

Aishwaraya Veerabadran Loganathan

^1ACF, Sangeetha Subramanian^1BEF, P.S.G. Prakash^1ACDEG, Devapriya Appukuttan^1AEF, Jasmine Crena^1CEG, Khalid J. Alzahrani

^2ADE, Khalaf Alsharif

^2AEF, Ibrahim Faisal F. Halawani

^2BDG, Fuad M. Alzahrani

^2ADE, Saleh Alshammeri^3ADG, Maha A. Bahammam^45ADG, Thodur Madapusi Balaji^6ACF, Hosam Ali Baeshen^7BEG, Shankargouda Patil^8AEG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938865

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e938865

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Table 1 Descriptive statistics describing the parameters of the study groups at baseline.

Variables	Baseline values		p-value
Variables	ControlMean±SD	TestMean±SD	p-value
Age	38.38±6.71	40.62±7.55	0.347
Pack years	4.08±4.02	5.29±4.43	0.543
FMBS	0.07±0.044	0.10±0.50	0.143
FMPS	0.07±0.028	0.09±0.034	0.143
RD (mm)	2.77±1.36	3.46±1.45	0.294
RW (mm)	3.92±0.75	4.69±1.31	0.144
RGP (mm)	8.15±1.57	7.31±1.54	0.21
RCAL (mm)	9.05±1.89	7.78±1.59	0.06
PPD (mm)	2.21±0.42	2.32±0.42	0.68
WAG (mm)	1.23±1.16	2.00±1.00	0.105
WKG (mm)	2.54±1.61	3.85±1.51	0.06
NS – not statistically significant; FMBS – full mouth plaque scores; FMPS – full mouth bleeding scores; RD – recession depth; RW – recession width; RGP – relative gingival position; RCAL – relative clinical attachment level; PPD – probing pocket depth; WAG – width of attached gingiva; WKG – width of keratinized gingiva.

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