Effectiveness of Plasma-Rich Fibrin and De-Epithelialized Free Gingival Graft in the Treatment of Gingival Recessions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. The Results of Implementing the PRF Technique
3.2. The Results Obtained by Implementing the Surgical Method
3.3. Comparative Analysis of Obtained Data
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Statistics\Method Applied | PRF | DGG | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Value | CI 95% | Value | CI 95% | |||
Average before the intervention, | 6.25 | 5.77 | 6.73 | 6.17 | 5.65 | 6.69 |
Average after the intervention, | 2.68 | 2.43 | 2.93 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.65 |
Mean difference, − | 3.57 | 3.03 | 4.11 | 5.80 | 5.21 | 6.39 |
Standard error of the mean, SEM1 (before intervention) | 0.23 | 0.25 | ||||
Standard error of the mean, SEM2 (after intervention) | 0.12 | 0.13 | ||||
Sample size | 20 | 20 | ||||
Variance before the intervention, s12 | 1.06 | 1.24 | ||||
Standard deviation before the intervention, s1 | 1.03 | 1.11 | ||||
Variance after the intervention, s22 | 0.29 | 0.36 | ||||
Standard deviation after the intervention, s2 | 0.54 | 0.60 | ||||
Pooled variance, s1,22(pooled) | 0.67 | 0.80 | ||||
Difference within groups before and after intervention, t | 5.6 | 6.8 | ||||
p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||
Statistics\Method Applied | PRF vs. DGG (Comparative Differences between Two Applied Methods) | |||||
Value | CI 95% | |||||
Mean difference (before intervention), (PRF) − (DGG) | 0.08 | −0.63 | 0.79 | |||
Mean difference (after intervention), (PRF) − (DGG) | 2.31 | 1.99 | 2.63 | |||
Pooled variance, s12PRF/DDG(pooled) | 1.15 | |||||
Difference between groups before intervention, t | 0.2 | |||||
p value | <0.05 | |||||
Pooled variance, s22 (PRF/DDGpooled) | 0.32 | |||||
Difference between groups after intervention PRF vs. DGG, t | 12.8 | |||||
p value | >0.05 |
Statistics\Method Applied | PRF | DGG | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Value | CI 95% | Value | CI 95% | |||
Average before the intervention, | 5.63 | 5.31 | 5.95 | 5.55 | 5.23 | 5.87 |
Average after the intervention, | 1.95 | 1.76 | 2.14 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.62 |
Mean difference, − | 3.68 | 3.31 | 4.05 | 5.12 | 4.75 | 5.49 |
Standard error of the mean, SEM1 (before intervention) | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||||
Standard error of the mean, SEM2 (after intervention) | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||||
Sample size | 20 | 20 | ||||
Variance before the intervention, s12 | 0.47 | 0.47 | ||||
Standard deviation before the intervention, s1 | 0.69 | 0.69 | ||||
Variance after the intervention, s22 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||||
Standard deviation after the intervention, s2 | 0.41 | 0.41 | ||||
Pooled variance, s1,22(pooled) | 0.32 | 0.32 | ||||
Difference within groups before and after intervention, t | 4.4 | 6.6 | ||||
p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||
Statistics\Method Applied | PRF vs.DGG (Comparative Differences between Two Applied Methods) | |||||
Value | CI 95% | |||||
Mean difference (before intervention), (PRF) − (DGG) | 0.08 | −0.37 | 0.53 | |||
Mean difference (after intervention), (PRF) − (DGG) | 1.52 | 1.12 | 1.19 | |||
Pooled variance, s12PRF/DDG(pooled) | 0.47 | |||||
Difference between groups before intervention, t | 0.4 | |||||
p value | <0.05 | |||||
Pooled variance, s22 (PRF/DDGpooled) | 0.17 | |||||
Difference between groups after intervention PRF vs. DGG, t | 11.8 | |||||
p value | >0.05 |
Statistics\Method Applied | PRF | DGG | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Value | CI 95% | Value | CI 95% | |||
Average before the intervention, | 1.38 | 1.24 | 1.52 | 1.24 | 1.12 | 1.36 |
Average after the intervention, | 3.13 | 2.71 | 3.55 | 4.12 | 3.66 | 4.58 |
Mean difference, − | 1.75 | 1.31 | 2.19 | 2.88 | 2.40 | 3.36 |
Standard error of the mean, SEM1 (before intervention) | 0.07 | 0.06 | ||||
Standard error of the mean, SEM2 (after intervention) | 0.20 | 0.22 | ||||
Sample size | 20 | 20 | ||||
Variance before the intervention, s12 | 0.09 | 0.07 | ||||
Standard deviation before the intervention, s1 | 0.30 | 0.26 | ||||
Variance after the intervention, s22 | 0.81 | 0.97 | ||||
Standard deviation after the intervention, s2 | 0.90 | 0.99 | ||||
Pooled variance, s1,22(pooled) | 0.45 | 0.52 | ||||
Difference within the group before and after intervention, t | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||||
p value | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||
Statistics\Method Applied | PRF vs. DGG (Comparative Differences between Two Applied Methods) | |||||
Value | CI 95% | |||||
Mean difference (before intervention), (PRF) − (DGG) | 0.14 | −0.04 | 0.32 | |||
Mean difference (after intervention), (PRF) − (DGG) | −0.99 | −1.82 | −0.16 | |||
Pooled variance, s12PRF/DDG(pooled) | 0.08 | |||||
Difference between groups before intervention, t | 1.6 | |||||
p value | <0.05 | |||||
Pooled variance, s22 (PRF/DDGpooled) | 0.89 | |||||
Difference between groups after intervention PRF vs. DGG, t | −3.3 | |||||
p value | >0.05 |
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Jovičić, B.; Matijević, S.; Veličković, S.; Stevanović, M.; Mišić, A.; Stanojević, S.; Bubalo, M. Effectiveness of Plasma-Rich Fibrin and De-Epithelialized Free Gingival Graft in the Treatment of Gingival Recessions. Medicina 2023, 59, 447. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030447
Jovičić B, Matijević S, Veličković S, Stevanović M, Mišić A, Stanojević S, Bubalo M. Effectiveness of Plasma-Rich Fibrin and De-Epithelialized Free Gingival Graft in the Treatment of Gingival Recessions. Medicina. 2023; 59(3):447. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030447
Chicago/Turabian StyleJovičić, Bojan, Stevo Matijević, Stefan Veličković, Momir Stevanović, Aleksandra Mišić, Slavoljub Stanojević, and Marija Bubalo. 2023. "Effectiveness of Plasma-Rich Fibrin and De-Epithelialized Free Gingival Graft in the Treatment of Gingival Recessions" Medicina 59, no. 3: 447. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59030447