Salvaging the Lost Pink Triangle: A Case Series of Papilla Reconstruction

Table 2

Parameters	Case 1		Case 2		Case 3
Timeline	Pre-op	Post-op	Pre-op	Post-op	Pre-op	Post-op
Classification [11]	1	0	1	0	1	0
Recession type [14]	Papillary gingival recession type 1	No recession	Papillary gingival recession type 1	No recession	Papillary gingival recession type 2	Buccal gingival recession
Distance from bone crest to contact point	5 mm	5 mm	6 mm	6 mm	6 mm	6 mm
Distance from contact point to gingival margin	3 mm	0 mm	4 mm	0.5 mm	4 mm	0.5 mm
Papilla presence index [49]	2	1	2	1	3r	1r

The table shows the baseline (preoperative) and final (postoperative) changes in classification and gain in soft tissue level in gingiva.