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This article provides a literature review on minimally invasive mucogingival surgical techniques for the treatment of periodontal disease and intraosseous defects. It compares the effectiveness of various surgical procedures and emphasizes the importance of accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment planning. The review includes 34 selected articles and discusses techniques such as Entire Papilla Preservation and the Single Flap approach. The article aims to provide evidence-based information to guide clinicians in choosing regenerative periodontal surgical techniques. [Extracted from the article]

Root surface biomodification has been used to treat gingival recession and periodontitis. For example, to improve treatment efficacy of gingival recessions (GR), chemical preparation of the exposed root surface is advocated. The principle for this procedure is to remove the smear layer from the root surfaces, which leads to exposition of surface collagen fibers and improved healing. The aim of present article is to evaluate the importance of root surface biomodification after scaling and root planing (SRP) and a comparative review of various root conditioning agents. The review was written during the search for English-language literature in the Google Scholar and PubMed databases. 104 literary sources were identified during the literature review. After excluding publications that did not meet the inclusion search criteria, the total number of included articles has become 55. The instrumented root surface is always covered by a smear layer, containing remnants of dental calculus, contaminated root cementum, bacterial endotoxin and subgingival plaque after the scaling and root planning procedure. The root conditioning agents, described in this study, were found to be effective in the removal of the smear layer, able to produce uncovering and widening the dentin tubules, and unmasking the dentin collagen matrix. Within the limits of this study, the most frequently used conditioning agents are tetracycline, EDTA, and citric acid; among them Tetracycline HCL is the most reliable agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The final goal of periodontal treatment is to achieve functional and anatomical tissue regeneration. Numerous techniques have illustrated favorable effects on anatomical and functional periodontal regeneration, but long-term results are highly variable. In addition, techniques for closure of class I-II recessions have results up to 100% with high predictability, in contrast to Miller class III-IV recessions, according to the literature. This systematic review aims to define the different techniques for closure of Miller class III-IV recessions and to identify their characteristics in different clinical situations. A study of publications in the electronic databases PubMed, Google Scholar and eLIBRARY was performed through a literature review. Articles concerning various techniques for closure of class III-IV recessions were included. A total of 100 articles were reviewed during the revision process. After analyzing the literature according to the inclusion criteria, the final number of articles had become 46. The features of the various techniques as well as long-term surgical outcomes were reviewed. Many techniques should be further investigated, due to insufficient clinical data and a few number of cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]