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• Increase keratinized gingiva
• Improved gingival biotype (gingival thickness)
• Removal of aberrant frenum
• Slight reduction in recession
• Better plaque control and oral hygiene
• Lack of keratinized gingiva
• Aberrant frenal position
• Recession #24 – Miller: Class III recession defect & RT2
• Interproximal loss of attachment
• Discomfort while brushing
• Poor plaque control
• Patient complained of sensitivity around #12
• Gingival Recession #12- Miller Class III and RT2 for #12 (interproximal attachment and bone loss around #12)
• 100% root coverage cannot be anticipated because of attachment and bone loss
• Reduction in root sensitivity around #12
• Better plaque control
• Some root coverage achieved around #12
Deep carious lesion on lingual of #31 with invasion of biologic width (supracrestal fibers) & presence of inflammation around the area #31
• Functional crown lengthening
(osseous resection + removal of soft tissue) was performed with establishment of new biologic width (supracrestal fibers)
• Facilitating restorative management by restorative dentist
• Patient concerned with the short appearance of maxillary anterior teeth
• Minor incisal chipping (#8,9)
• Excessive gingival display on smiling
• Increased tendency of secondary caries and restorations in maxillary anterior-excess gingival display hampering oral hygiene
• Increase in length of clinical crowns
• Excessive gingival display was corrected- gingivectomy+ ostectomy & osteoplasty
• Better plaque control in maxillary anteriors
• Patient followed for restorative management
• Patient was concerned about a lesion on #10 that recently increased in size
• A well-defined, lobulated , pedunculated, pink-colored, 12x10mm lesion on the buccal surface of #10 and extending to the palatal surface.
• Tooth #10 was Grade III mobile and #9 was Grade I mobile
• D/d: Pyogenic granuloma, Peripheral ossifying fibroma, Peripheral giant cell granuloma, Squamous cell carcinoma
Lesion was removed and tooth was extracted (hopeless prognosis for the tooth) and were submitted for histopathologic examination
1-month post-op
Patient will be followed for restorative management for #10