Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 9

Laser Assisted Frenotomy with Coronally Positioned Flap for The Treatment of Isolated Mandibular Gingival Recession

  • Author:
  • Abhaya Chandra Das1,, Saurav Panda1, Saumya Kanta Mohanty2, Nitai Debnath3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 1693 to 1696

1Reader, Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

2Reader, Department of Conservative and Endodontic, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

3Reader, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, RIMS, Imphal, India

*Corresponding Author Abhaya Chandra Das, Reader, Department of Periodontics and Oral Implantology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O'Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India e-mail: drabhaya2011@gmail.com

Online published on 13 November, 2019.

Abstract

Root coverage has turned into an essential part to periodontal plastic surgery. It becomes more challenging when there is no attached gingiva with presence of high frenal pull. This article presents a case report of gingival recession in 44 with high buccal frenal pull with complete absence of attached gingiva, which has been treated with frenotomy and coronally positioned flap with LASER. The main advantage of this technique is that it does not need a separate frenotomy procedure and also no second surgical site. The treated case established root coverage with adequate width of attached gingiva.

Keywords

Gingival Recession, LASER, Muco-gingival surgery, Root coverage