Esthetic management of multiple recession defects in a patient with cicatricial pemphigoid

Cicatricial pemphigoid is one of a number of mucocutaneous disorders that c an present in the oral cavity with desquamation, pain, and bleeding of the gingiva and oral mucose. This case report describes the management of cicat ricial pemphigoid in a patient with multiple sites of gingival recession us ing connective tissue grafting to alleviate root surface sensitivity and im prove esthetics. The treatment rationale is presented and discussed in term s of timing of therapy and implications for wound healing in patients who p resent with desquamative gingivitis.