A 12 Months Clinical and Radiographic Study to Assess the Efficacy of Open XXXX Debridement and Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft in Management of Supracrestal Defects.

@entity154 @entity1912 @entity5951
BACKGROUND: An improvement in clinical parameters along with regeneration is the desired outcome of periodontal therapy. The aim of this study was to analyze and contrast the efficaciousness of combined open @entity1912 debridement (OFD) and subepithelial connective tissue graft (SECTG) to OFD in the management of periodontal @entity154 . MATERIALS AND METHODS: Totally, 20 paired sites exhibiting @entity154 were subjected to surgical treatment adopting the split mouth design. The defects were divided randomly for treatment with OFD and SECTG (test) or OFD alone (control). The clinical effectiveness of the two arms of treatment was evaluated at 6 months and 12 months post-operatively by assessing clinical and radiographic parameters. The measurements carried out included @entity5951 ( @entity5951 ), relative attachment level (RAL), gingival marginal level, radiographic bone level (BL). RESULTS: The mean reduction in @entity5951 at 0-12 months was 3.20    0.82 mm and RAL gain of 3.10    1.51 mm was observed, the OFD and SECTG (test) group; corresponding observations for OFD (control) were 2.10    0.63 mm and 1.90    0.57 mm. However, BL changes did not follow the pattern of clinical improvement on the radiographic assessment of either treatment group. Post-operative evaluation was made. Improvement in different clinical parameters was statistically significant (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Treatment of @entity154 with a combination of OFD and SECTG led to significantly better clinical results compared to OFD alone.
