GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION VERSUS CORONALLY REPOSITIONED FLAP IN THE TREATMENT OF RECESSION WITH DOUBLE PAPILLAE

Twenty buccogingival recessions (3 mm deep) in twenty patients were se lected and divided into two groups. Periodontal parameters were record ed (recession reduction probing depth clinical attachment level, and k eratinized tissue width), and both groups were treated with regenerati ve therapy using a resorbable polylactic acid membrane. The test group was treated using the double papilla flap procedure, and the control group was treated using the coronally repositioned flap procedure. The results obtained at a 1-year follow-up were comparable between the te st and control groups for recession reduction probing depth, and clini cal attachment level, although the test group obtained a very large am ount of keratinized gingiva (+ 74.7%) compared to the control group.