Mahajan A. Periosteal pedicle graft for the treatment of gingival recession: A viable alternative to sub-epithelial connective tissue graft. World J Stomatol 2015; 4(2): 37-38 [DOI: 10.5321/wjs.v4.i2.37]
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Dr. Ajay Mahajan, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla 171001, India. julius05@rediffmail.com
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
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World J Stomatol. May 20, 2015; 4(2): 37-38 Published online May 20, 2015. doi: 10.5321/wjs.v4.i2.37
Periosteal pedicle graft for the treatment of gingival recession: A viable alternative to sub-epithelial connective tissue graft
Ajay Mahajan
Ajay Mahajan, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla 171001, India
Author contributions: Mahajan A solely contributed to this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest: Author reports no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Ajay Mahajan, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla 171001, India. julius05@rediffmail.com
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Received: December 31, 2014 Peer-review started: January 1, 2015 First decision: February 7, 2015 Revised: March 20, 2015 Accepted: April 10, 2015 Article in press: April 12, 2015 Published online: May 20, 2015
Abstract
Treating gingival recessions is important to satisfy the functional and aesthetic needs of the patients. Among various available techniques to treat gingival recessions, the subepithelial connective tissue graft technique is still considered to be the best despite its inherent disadvantages. The recent innovation utilising periosteum as a pedicle graft to treat gingival recession defects has drawn considerable attention and may provide a viable alternative to subepithelial connective tissue graft.
Core tip: The periosteal pedicle graft (PPG) is an emerging technique to treat gingival recession defects and has advantages over subepithelial connective tissue graft (SCTG). The technique not only provides a viable treatment option to manage gingival recessions without involving two surgical sites and additional cost but also produced results which have raised the question whether PPG can replace SCTG in near future?
