Gingival recession associated with excessive vestibular torque of mandibular incisors represents a significant periodontal challenge. This case report presents a non-surgical management strategy for an isolated deep recession in an adolescent patient....
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Discussion
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✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change for audiology practice; this is a dental case report with no relevance to hearing health.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This case report has no relevance to the audiology field.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Case report documenting spontaneous gum recession recovery after orthodontic tooth-angle correction.
- 02Entirely within the domain of orthodontics and periodontics.
- 03No audiology or hearing health content is present.
- 04Not applicable to audiology clinical practice or research.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42519265
- DOI
- 10.7759/cureus.111208.
- Journal
- Cureus
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 1
- Population
- Single patient with mandibular incisor gingival recession undergoing orthodontic treatment
- Intervention
- Orthodontic torque correction with fixed appliances
Primary outcomes
Spontaneous resolution of gingival recession following orthodontic correction