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Table 1 Periodontal plastic surgical techniques used in Class III or RT2 recessions treatment

From: Complete root coverage in the treatment of Miller class III or RT2 gingival recessions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pre-twenty-first century

twenty-first century

Tunnel Technique (TT)

 

Allen [34]

 

Aroca et al. [6] (MCAT)

 

Chao [36] (PST)

 

Ribeiro et al. [31]

 

Sculean and Allen [41](LCT)

 

Tözüm and Dini [29]

 

Zadeh [37] (VISTA)

Coronally advanced flap (CAF)

Allen [23]

Zucchelli et al. [33](MCAF)

Allen and Miller [24]

Mercado et al. [42]

Ito et al. (PCTG) [26]

 

Langer and Langer [20]

 

Marggraf (BFP) [21]

 

Zucchelli and De Sanctis [27]

 

Free gingival graft (FGG)

Holbrook and Ochsenbein [19]

Allen and Cohen [28] (GUT)

Rotated Technique (ROT)

Grupe and Warren [17] (LPF)

Deliberador et al. [35] (LPF + TT)

Harris [25] (DPG)

Chambrone and Chambrone [32] (MLPF)

Nelson [22] (DPG)

Lee et al. [39] (MLPF)

 

Zucchelli et al. [30] (LMCAF)

Two-stage procedures (2SP)

Bernimoulin et al. [18] (FGG + CAF)

Núñez et al. [40] (2SSA: Odontoplasty/TT: Allen)

 

Zucchelli and De Sanctis [38] (Modified 2SP: FGG + LMCAF)

  1. MCAT: Modified coronally advanced tunnel; VISTA: Vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access; PST: Pinhole surgical technique; LCT: Laterally closed tunnel; BFP: Bridge flap procedure; PCTG: Periosteal connective tissue grafting; MCAF: Modified coronally advanced flap; GUT: Gingival unit transfer; DPG: Double pedicle graft; LMCAF: Laterally moved coronally advanced flap; MLPF: Modified laterally positioned flap; LPF: Laterally positioned flap; 2SSA: Two-Step Surgical Approach