Single-stage surgical procedure for increasing depth of vestibule and the width of attached gingiva

Abstract

Shallow vestibule along with the inadequate width of attached gingiva is a common cause of the gingival recession. Multiple techniques have been developed, separately, to increase the depth of vestibule and the width of attached gingival but this case report present a single stage surgical procedure for increasing both depth of vestibule and the width of attached gingiva by vestibular deepening procedure.

Keywords

• Gingival extension procedure
• multiple aberrant frenum
• single stage technique
• vestibular deepening
• width of attached gingiva