Aishwaraya Veerabadran Loganathan, Sangeetha Subramanian, P S G Prakash, Devapriya Appukuttan, Jasmine Crena, Khalid J Alzahrani, Khalaf Alsharif, Ibrahim Faisal F Halawani, Fuad M Alzahrani, Saleh Alshammeri, Maha A Bahammam, Thodur Madapusi Balaji, Hosam Ali Baeshen, Shankargouda Patil
BACKGROUND The chorion membrane has been used for several decades as an allograft in tissue repair and various periodontal regenerative procedures. The present study, conducted at a single center in India, aimed to evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes of 26 gingival recession sites in chronic smokers treated using a pouch and tunnel technique with connective tissue graft (CTG) and lyophilized chorion membrane (LCM). MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 22 smokers with 26 sites of recession defect, with Miller's class I and class II gingival recession, which were allotted into control and test groups...
March 8, 2023: Medical Science Monitor: International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research