Clinical Study

Evaluation of Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging for the Assessment of Oral Mucosal Blood Flow following Periodontal Plastic Surgery: An Exploratory Study

Table 1

Gingival recession characteristics obtained at baseline and six months after the surgery.

Geistlich Mucograft ( sites)CTG ( sites)
mean ± SE in mmmean ± SE in mm

GRD02.4 ± 0.232.8 ± 0.27
GRW03.2 ± 0.283.2 ± 0.26
KT01.4 ± 0.35
REC1.9 ± 0.292.6 ± 0.27
RW2.1 ± 0.472.7 ± 0.40
KT0.7 ± 0.41

GRD0, gingival recession depth at baseline; GRW0, gingival recession width at baseline; KT0, width of the keratinized tissue at baseline; REC, recession depth reduction; RW, recession width reduction; KT, increase in the width of the keratinized tissue. # represents the statistically significant differences between graft types; .