Enhancement of soft tissue by MCAT technique in combination with HYADENT BG and Smartbrane

Enhancement of soft tissue by MCAT technique in combination with HYADENT BG and Smartbrane

Enhancement of soft tissue by MCAT (modified coronally advanced tunnel) technique in combination with hyaluronic acid (HYADENT BG) and naturally cross-linked collagen membrane (Smartbrane)

Case Provided By Prof. Dr. Anton Friedman (Chair and Head Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, University of Witten, Germany)

Baseline:

Modified tunnel preparation:

Modified tunnel preparation:

Smartbrane (30 x 40 mm) (Regedent, Dettelbach Germany):

Smartbrane (30 x 40 mm) (Regedent, Dettelbach Germany):

Placement of the folded Smartbrane inside the tunnel with the sliding PTFE suture:

Coronally advanced tunnel with the Smartbrane inside:

Coronally advanced tunnel with the Smartbrane inside:

Suturing of the folded Smartbrane with 4.0 PTFE (BioTex, Regedent, Germany) and Monocryl 6.0 (Ethicon, HH, Germany):

Suturing of the folded Smartbrane with 4.0 PTFE (BioTex, Regedent, Germany) and Monocryl 6.0 (Ethicon, HH, Germany):

Follow up after 5 months of healing: