Tunnel technique with connective tissue graft versus coronally advanced flap with enamel matrix derivate for root coverage: 5-year results of an RCT using 3D digital measurement technology for volumetric comparison of soft tissue changes
- Aim: Comparison of the clinical efficacy (digitally volumetric, aesthetic, patient-centred outcomes) of tunnel technique (TUN) with subepithelial connective tissue graft (CTG) versus coronally advanced flap (CAF) with enamel matrix derivate (EMD) 5 years after gingival recession therapy. Materials and methods: In 18 patients contributing 36 RT1 recessions, study models were collected at baseline and follow-ups. Optical scans assessed recessions computer-assisted [recession depth, recession reduction (RECred), complete root coverage (CRC), percentage of root coverage (RC), pointwise (pTHK) and mean areal (aTHK) marginal soft tissue thickness]. Root coverage aesthetic Score (RES) was used for aesthetic evaluation and visual analogue scales for patient-centred data collection applied. Results: Sixty months after surgery, 50.0% (TUN+CTG) and 0.0% (CAF+EMD) of sites showed CRC (p = 0.0118), 82.2% (TUN+CTG) and 32.0% (CAF+EMD) achieved RC, respectively (p = 0.0023). CTG achieved significantly better RECred (TUN+CTG: 1.75±0.74 mm; CAF+EMD: 0.50 ± 0.39 mm; p = 0.0009) and aTHK (TUN+CTG: 0.95 ± 0.41 mm; CAF+EMD: 0.26 ± 0.28 mm; p = 0.0013). RES showed superior outcomes (p = 0.0533) for TUN+CTG (6.86 ± 2.31) compared to CAF+EMD (4.63 ± 1.99). The study failed to find significant differences related to patient-centred outcomes (TUN+CTG: 8.30 ± 2.21; CAF+EMD: 7.50 ± 1.51; p = 0.1136). Conclusions: Five years after treatment, CTG resulted in better clinical and aesthetic outcomes than CAF+EMD. Increased THK was associated with improved outcomes for RECred and RC.
Author: | Otto ZuhrGND, Dodji Lukas Akakpo, Peter EickholzORCiDGND, Kirstin Vach, Markus Hürzeler, Hari PetsosORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-638875 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13470 |
ISSN: | 1600-051X |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of clinical periodontology |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Place of publication: | Oxford [u.a.] |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/04/12 |
Date of first Publication: | 2021/04/12 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Contributing Corporation: | Research Group for Oral Soft Tissue Biology & Wound Healing |
Release Date: | 2022/04/05 |
Tag: | coronally advanced flap; gingival recession therapy; randomized controlled trial; tunnel technique; volumetric measurement technology |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 7 |
Page Number: | 13 |
First Page: | 949 |
Last Page: | 961 |
Note: | The study was self-funded by the authors and their institutions. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 493744061 |
Institutes: | Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 4.0 |