Clinical evaluation of free autogenous gengival grafts placed on alveolar bone. Part I. Clinical predictability.
1. Thirty free autogenous gingival grafts were placed on bone and 30 were placed on a periosteal bed. The distribution into the groups was random. All 60 grafts survived, showing that both procedures were predictable. 2. Over one-half (17 of 30) of those on periosteum demonstrated mobility by 6 months postoperatively. No mobility was observed in the group placed directly on bone. 3. Osseous placed grafts demonstrated less swelling and better hemostasis than did the periosteally placed grafts. 4. A healing lag was observed in the grafts placed on bone which lasted only for the first two postoperative visits, approximately 2 weeks. 5. No infections or sequestrations were noted in any case.
D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000601:surgery*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000601:surgery; D005881:Gingiva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010521:Periosteum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000009:adverse effects; D014945:Wound Healing