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Surgical crown lengthening: evaluation of the biological width.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Previous surgical crown lengthening studies have investigated positional changes of the free gingival margin but not the biological width. Histological studies utilizing animal models have shown that postoperative crestal resorption allowed reestablishment of the biological width. However, very little work has been done in humans. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the positional changes of the periodontal tissues, particularly the biological width, following surgical crown lengthening in human subjects.
METHODS:
Twenty-three (23) patients who needed surgical crown lengthening to gain retention necessary for prosthetic treatment and/or to access caries, tooth fracture, or previous prosthetic margins entered the study. The following parameters were obtained from line angles of treated teeth (teeth requiring surgical crown lengthening) and adjacent teeth with adjacent and non-adjacent sites: plaque and gingival indexes, free gingival margin, probing depth, attachment level, bone level, direct bone level, and biological width. During surgery, the bone level was reduced based on the future prosthetic margin and predetermined biological width; flaps were placed at the bony crest. Patients were examined at baseline and at 3 and 6 months postoperatively.
RESULTS:
Eighteen patients completed the study. Overall, the amount of bone resected was 1 to 5 mm. At 90% of treated sites, > or = 3 mm of bone was removed. At 3 months, the apical displacement of the free gingival margin at non-adjacent, adjacent, and treated sites was 2.46 +/- 0.25 mm, 2.68 +/- 0.20 mm, and 3.07 +/- 0.16 mm, respectively. There was no significant change in the position of the free gingival margin from 3 to 6 months. The biological width at all sites was smaller at 3 and 6 months compared to baseline (P<0.05) except for the treated sites, which were not significantly different from baseline at 6 months.
CONCLUSIONS:
During surgical crown lengthening, the bone level was lowered for placement of the prosthetic margin and reestablishment of the biological width. The biological width, at treated sites, was reestablished to its original vertical dimension by 6 months. In addition, a consistent 3 mm gain of coronal tooth structure was observed at the 3- and 6-month examinations.
AuthorsSharon K Lanning, Thomas C Waldrop, John C Gunsolley, J Gary Maynard
JournalJournal of periodontology (J Periodontol) Vol. 74 Issue 4 Pg. 468-74 (Apr 2003) ISSN: 0022-3492 [Print] United States
PMID12747451 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alveolectomy
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Crown Lengthening
  • Epithelial Attachment (anatomy & histology)
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gingiva (anatomy & histology)
  • Gingivectomy
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic
  • Periodontal Index
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Vertical Dimension

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