Journal of PEARLDENT
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Gingivectomy with and Without Periodontal Dressing: A Clinical Perplexity

1Post Graduate Student, Department of Periodontology and Oral implantology, National Dental College And Hospital, Dera Bassi

2Reader, Department of Periodontology and Oral implantology, National Dental College And Hospital, Dera Bassi

3Reader, Department of Periodontology and Oral implantology, National Dental College And Hospital, Dera Bassi

4Reader, Department of Periodontology and Oral implantology, National Dental College And Hospital, Dera Bassi

Online published on 10 May, 2016.

Abstract

The clinical results achieved were comparable when 10 patients requiring gingivectomies were divided in two groups ie one with periodontal dressing and another without periodontal dressing during first post operative week. Initial pre operative conditions were comparable. In each of the two treatments, intragroup comparison demonstrated highly significant reduction in pocket depths, Plaque index(p≤.010) and gingival index(p≤.003) from base line to 1 month whereas distance from stent to gingival(S-GM) remained stable from baseline to 1 month. Inter group comparison showed no statistically significant difference.