Gingival recession (GR) in the mandibular anterior region presents a clinical challenge because factors such as shallow vestibular depth, frenal pull, and limited soft tissue thickness may compromise graft stability during root coverage procedures....
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this article is a dental/periodontal case series entirely outside the scope of audiology; it has no relevance to hearing care practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article does not matter to the audiology field; it addresses periodontal (gum) surgery and was likely submitted for enrichment in error.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Article covers coronally advanced tunnel surgery for gingival (gum) recession — a dental, not audiology, topic.
- 02Published as a case series in Journal of Surgical Case Reports (JSCR), the lowest level of clinical evidence.
- 03Cairo RT1/RT2 classifications refer to gum recession severity — unrelated to hearing loss or hearing care.
- 04No hearing, audiology, or otology content is present in this article.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42186515
- DOI
- 10.1093/jscr/rjag390.
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Case Reports
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patients with Cairo RT1 and RT2 gingival recession in the mandibular anterior region
- Intervention
- Coronally advanced tunnel with connective tissue graft (enhanced graft stability technique)
Primary outcomes
Graft stability following coronally advanced tunnel procedure; Coverage of gingival recession