NCT03032094

Connective Tissue Grafting for Single Tooth Recession & the Impact of the Thickness of the Palatal Harvest Tissue

Connective Tissue Grafting for Single Tooth Recession Defects & the Impact of the Thickness of the Palatal Harvest Tissue: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Columbia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test if the thickness of the graft taken from the roof of the mouth, has a significant effect on the amount of attached tissue and the amount of root coverage that are attained when treating a single tooth with gingival recession.

Detailed description

The goal of the study is to determine if the thickness of a tissue graft taken from the roof of the mouth, used to cover the exposed root of a tooth, affects the overall outcome of the root coverage, the health of the resulting tissue, as well as postoperative pain as reported by the patient. Connective tissue grafts will be harvested in different thicknesses, and results of the procedures will be compared. Qualified subjects will undergo a root coverage procedure, after random assignment to one of the groups. Regular recall visits to monitor healing at intervals of 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months will be scheduled. Subjects will be asked to fill out patient response forms regarding pain and other symptoms at these visits. Photographs will be taken.

Conditions

• Gingival Recession

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	connective tissue graft	palatal connective tissue graft to attain root coverage

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-05-01
• Completion: 2016-05-01
• First posted: 2017-01-26
• Last updated: 2017-01-26