title: Surgical management of cosmetic mucogingival defects.
abstract: Mucogingival conditions are deviations from the normal anatomic relationship between the gingival margin and the mucogingival junction. Mucogingival surgery is plastic surgery designed to correct defects in the gingiva surrounding the teeth. Common mucogingival conditions are recession, absence, or reduction of keratinized tissue, and probing depths extending beyond the mucogingival junction. Surgical techniques used to augment cosmetic mucogingival defects include the free gingival autograft, the subepithelial connective tissue graft, rotational flaps, lateral sliding flaps, coronally repositioned flaps, and the use of acellular dermal matrix grafts.
authors: Department of Dentistry/Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital, 121 DeKalb Avenue, Box 187, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
authors: Harry
authors: H
authors: Dym
authors: Jonathan M
authors: JM
authors: Tagliareni
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003094:Collagen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000637:transplantation; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005889:Gingival Recession / Q000601:surgery; D005893:Gingivoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000145:classification; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: C440568:Alloderm; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D007633:Keratins; D003094:Collagen