Mucogingival Defect Clinical Trial
Apply the LSCI for follow-up the postoperative microcirculation after surgical procedures to enlarge keratinized gingiva in order to characterize the kinetics of the blood flow changes during wound healing in human subjects.
Vestibuloplasty is the common name of those procedures designed to widen the zone of attached
gingiva. The apically repositioned split thickness flap with a xenogeneic collagen matrix or
with a combination of strip gingival graft and a xenogeneic collagen matrix are frequently
used surgical techniques, however no data are available, how these graft tissues affect the
microcirculation of the healing gingiva.
LSCI is a non-invasive, two dimensional method to evaluate microcirculation of different
tissues. This new method let us monitor the entire surgical area real-time during the healing
period.
The aim of the present study is to define blood flow patterns, which might characterize the
wound healing of such surgical procedures during the first 6 months of healing in order to
facilitate treatment.
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