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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