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| Sandeep J. N.1, Jaspreet Kaur1, Sushama R. Galgali1 | ||||||
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1Department of periodontics, Vokkaligara sangha dental college and hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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| Sandeep JN, Kaur J, Galgali SR. Single step root coverage with modified bridge flap technique: A pilot study. Int J Case Rep Imag 2016;7(4):204–207. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Marginal tissue recession is a condition commonly encountered in clinical practice and is characterized by displacement of gingival margin. To overcome the limitations of original bridge flap technique which demands adequate attached gingiva apical to recession, a modification of this technique is imposed to cover the denuded root with insufficient attached gingiva.
Case Series: Three patients with either Millers class I or class II recession were treated with this technique and followed six months postoperatively. An average of 76% of root coverage was obtained with this modified technique. Conclusion: The present technique reported an excellent postoperative outcome showing great coverage of exposed root surface with vestibular deepening in single step and can be performed in areas with inadequate attached gingiva apical to recession defect. | |
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Keywords:
Attached gingiva, Bridge flap, Gingival recession, Modified bridge flap
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Author Contributions:
Sandeep J. N. – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Jaspreet Kaur – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Sushama R. Galgali – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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© 2016 Sandeep J. N. et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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