Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 22-23, March 2005

Conventional mucogingival surgery is more effective than guided tissue regeneration in root coverage procedures

Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Original Article

Al-Hamdan K, Eber R, Sarment D, Kowalski C, Wang H-L. Guided tissue regeneration-based root coverage: meta analysis. J Periodontol 2003;74(10):1520-33.

Level of Evidence

2a

Purpose

To determine whether guided tissue regeneration (GTR) provides improved clinical outcomes compared to conventional mucogingival surgery for root coverage procedures

Source of Funding

University of Michigan Periodontal Graduate Student Research Fund

Type of Study/Design

Systematic analysis

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PII: S1532-3382(05)00003-5

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2005.01.002

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 22-23, March 2005