title: Comparison of the clinical applicability of Miller's classification system to Kumar and Masamatti's classification system of gingival recession.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aims of the present study were to (i) Find the percentage of recession cases that could be classified by application of Miller's and/or Kumar and Masamatti's classification of gingival recession, and (ii) compare the percentage of clinical applicability of Miller's criteria and Kumar and Masamatti's criteria to the total recessions present.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 104 patients (1089 recession cases) were included in the study wherein they were classified using both Miller's and Kumar and Masamatti's classification systems of gingival recession. Percentage comparison of the application of both classification systems was done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data analysis showed that though all the cases of the recession were classified by Kumar and Masamatti's classification, only 34.61% cases were classified by Miller's classification. 19.10% cases were completely (having only labial/buccal recession) classified. In 15.51% (out of 34.61%) cases, only buccal recession was classified according to Miller's criteria and included in this category, although these cases had both buccal and lingual/palatal recessions. Furthermore, 29.75% cases of recession with interdental loss and marginal tissue loss coronal to mucogingival junction (MGJ) remained uncategorized by Miller's classification; categorization of palatal/lingual recession was possible with Kumar and Masamatti's classification.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The elaborative evaluation of both buccal and palatal/lingual recession by the Kumar and Masamatti's classification system can be used to overcome the limitations of Miller's classification system, especially the cases with interdental loss and having marginal tissue loss coronal to MGJ.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Geeti
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Komal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Mansi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Deept
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khatri
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, I.T.S-CDSR, Murad Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sujata Surendra
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Masamatti
keywords: Cementoenamel junction; classification; gingival recession; interdental papilla; lingual; mucogingival junction; palatal