Clinical Trial Research

Researchers from Hacettepe University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of clinical trial research

Published in Blood Weekly, April 10th, 2008

According to a study from Ankara, Turkey, "Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was speculated to be a promoter of periodontal regeneration. There are only a few clinical comparative studies using PRP in the treatment of gingival recession."

"The aim of the present study was to compare connective tissue graft (CTG)+PRP with CTG alone in the treatment of gingival recession. Forty patients with Miller I/II recessions were included. Each recession was randomly treated with either CTG+PRP or CTG. Clinical variables were recorded at baseline and at 6 weeks, 6 and 12 months. Root coverage (RC) and attachment gain (AG) were also calculated. Probing depth, recession depth, clinical...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-04-10)

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