title: Gingival recession: a cross-sectional clinical investigation.
abstract: In this cross-sectional study, risk and potentially causative factors of gingival recession were examined and their relationship to apical migration of the gingival margin evaluated. Thirty eight patients (18-60 years), displaying one or more sites with gingival recession but without any significant periodontal disease participated. A total of 28 parameters were evaluated in both 'test' teeth (50 teeth with gingival recession) and 'control' teeth (50 contralateral teeth). The results revealed that gingival margin recession was associated with both high inflammatory and plaque scores, with decreased widths of keratinized and attached gingiva and with the subjects' toothbrush bristle hardness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goutoudi
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Koidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D005260:Female; D005889:Gingival Recession / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation