Background: The objective of the study was to compare the clinical outcomes of the semilunar coronally repositioned flap and coronally advanced flap (CAF) procedure in the treatment of Miller’s class I gingival recession defects in maxillary teeth.
Material And Methods: 4 patients, with Miller’s class I gingival recession defects were selected and randomly divided into two Groups 1 / Sites 1: - CAF, Group 2/ Site 2: - SCRF Clinical parameters plaque index, gingival index, width of keratinized gingiva, clinical attachment loss, recession width, recession height and percentage of root coverage were recorded at baseline, 1 month and 3 months.
Results: In both intergroup and intragroup comparison of recession height was statistically non-significant (p >0.05) with comparative less mean recession height in group 1 in 3 months. In terms of recession width, the intergroup comparison showed statistically non-significant among 2 groups but in intra group comparison it was statically significant (p≤ 0.05) with comparative more recession width in group 1 at 3 months.
Conclusion: CAF is predictable in treatment of gingival recession. It provides consistently better result than SCRF for the treatment of Miller’s class 1 gingival recession defect.
Keywords: Coronally Advanced Flap, Gingival Recession, Root Coverage, Semilunar Flap