NCT06397521

Gingival Margin Stability Following Esthetic Crown Lengthening Utilizing a Double Periodontal Surgical Guide

Gingival Margin Stability Following Esthetic Crown Lengthening by Electrocautery, Diode Laser, or a Scalpel Blade Utilizing a Double Periodontal Surgical Guide. (A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial)

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In patients with excessive gingival display, esthetic crown lengthening procedure by means of scalpel, diode laser or electro-surgery could result in the same gingival marginal stability at 3 and 6 months follow up.

Detailed description

Scalpel crown lengthening has been recommended as the gold standard for treating excessive gingiva. Two other established tools used for gingivectomy procedures are electrosurgery and lasers. Laser crown lengthening may have the advantages of less bleeding during the procedure, faster healing, and less pain following the procedure. Electrosurgery which involves the application of a high- frequency electric current to the gingiva has been shown to produce minimal bleeding, ease and speed of cutting and reduced postoperative pain. The null hypothesis that the three techniques for aesthetic crown lengthening (ACLP) would show equivalent gingival margin stability at 3 and 6 months follow up.

Conditions

• Crown Lengthening

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Crown lengthening	Investigation of the three techniques for aesthetic crown lengthening

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-20
• Primary completion: 2024-12-20
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-05-03
• Last updated: 2024-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt