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 3 Intragroup analysis of clinical parameters in the study groups from baseline to 6 months postoperatively.

Variables	Control group		p-value(p≤0.05)	Test group		p-value
Variables	BaselineMean± SD(mm)	6 monthsMean±SD(mm)	p-value(p≤0.05)	BaselineMean±SD(mm)	6 monthsMean±SD(mm)	p-value
RD	2.77±1.36	1.15±0.77	0.001^*	3.46±1.45	1.65±1.14	0.001^*
RW	3.92±0.75	2.08±1.18	0.003^*	4.69±1.31	2.85±1.40	0.003^*
RGP	8.15±1.57	6.54±1.61	0.001^*	7.31±1.54	6.08±1.49	0.004^*
RCAL	9.05±1.89	8.00±1.8	0.001^*	7.78±1.59	6.80±1.35	0.001^*
PPD	2.21±0.42	1.23±0.21	0.002^*	2.32±0.42	1.41±0.53	0.002^*
WAG	1.23±1.16	1.77±0.83	0.008^*	2.00±1.00	3.14±1.06	0.005^*
WKG	2.54±1.61	3.15±1.46	0.005^*	3.85±1.51	4.23±1.30	0.025^*
^* Significant at ≤0.05. VAS – visual analogue scores; SD – standard deviation; RD – recession depth; RW – recession width; RGP – relative gingival position; RCAL – relative clinical attachment level; PPD – probing pocket depth; WAG – width of attached ghingiva; WKG – width of keratinized gingiva.

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