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Volume 12 , Issue 6
November/December 1992
Pages 451-461

Periodontal regenerative therapy with coverage of previously restored root surfaces: case reports

Pini Prato/Tinti/Cortellini/Magnani/Clauser

PMID: 1298733

Two case reports are presented to demonstrate a treatment that restores proper esthetics, cures hypersensitivity, and enhances periodontal support for cases of root caries or failing Class V restorations associated with gingival recessions. The procedure involves removing the existing restoration, elevating a trapezium-shaped full thickness flap, root planing to achieve a desired concave shape, and placing a barrier membrane. In both cases, satisfying clinical results have been maintained for 18 months.

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