title: Human histologic evaluation of root coverage obtained with connective tissue graft over a compomer restoration.
abstract: This investigation was designed to evaluate the histologic healing pattern of two Miller Class III recession defects associated with noncarious cervical lesions (NCCLs) treated with a connective tissue graft (CTG) and coronally advance flap (CAF). One patient presenting with two teeth predetermined to be surgically extracted was enrolled and consented to treatment. One month after phase I treatment, a full-thickness flap was reflected and the NCCLs treated with a compomer restoration; at the same time, a CTG was harvested from the palate and positioned over the compomer restoration. The flap was then coronally repositioned. After 4 months of healing, an en bloc biopsy extraction of the two teeth was executed. The teeth were analyzed histologically to assess the periodontal wound healing. A long junctional epithelial attachment was noted throughout the major portion of the restored surface. Only minimal signs of connective adhesion and new bone formation could be seen in the apical portion of the restored area, without signs of root resorption or ankylosis. This report provides evidence that the presence of a compomer restoration allowed the formation of a long juctional epithelium after CTG and CAF treatment.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Comuzzi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazzocco
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gobbato
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fornea
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stellini
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iezzi
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piattelli
mesh_terms: D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000601:surgery*