Cargando…

Innovative use of laterally positioned periosteal pedicle graft for coverage of gingivitis artefacta

There are many etiological factors for nonplaque-induced gingival diseases, out of which physical trauma due to psychiatric reasons leading to self-infliction is less studied upon. This case report presents one such case which has been successfully treated stepwise where psychological counseling was...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mechery, Reenesh, Harshavardhana, Babu, Rath, Saroj Kumar, Dinakar, Nithya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5713091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238148
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jisp.jisp_319_16
Descripción
Sumario:There are many etiological factors for nonplaque-induced gingival diseases, out of which physical trauma due to psychiatric reasons leading to self-infliction is less studied upon. This case report presents one such case which has been successfully treated stepwise where psychological counseling was done to restrain from habit followed by using an innovative laterally positioned periosteal pedicle graft for dehiscence coverage.