Newly forming bone graft: a novel surgical approach to the treatment of\ndenuded roots
Patient #1 was a 44-year-old systemically healthy never-smoker female who presented\nfor treatment at the Clinics of the Discipline of Periodontics at Bauru School of\nDentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Patient reported no use of antibiotics or\nother medicines in the previous 6-month period. Treatment plan involved extraction of\nthe mandibular left central incisor and root coverage of the mandibular right second\npremolar, which showed a 5 mm-deep and 4 mm-wide recession at baseline examination.\nNo tooth mobility was present. Clinical and radiographic examination suggested a\nslight loss of soft and hard tissues at distal sites compatible with a Miller class\nIII recession defect, since the mandibular right second premolar was adjacent to an\nedentulous ridge.