Vlachodimou Elpiniki, Fragkioudakis Ioannis, Vouros Ioannis
Department of Preventive Dentistry Periodontology and Implant Biology, Dental Faculty, School of Health Different Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54624 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dent J (Basel). 2021 Mar 23;9(3):34. doi: 10.3390/dj9030034.
The concept of gingival phenotype and width of keratinized gingiva influencing the diagnosis and treatment in the periodontal scenario is relatively new. Soft and hard tissue dimensions of oral tissues are considered essential parameters in daily clinical practice. Factors such as the biotype category and the width of the keratinized gingiva help dentists seek the perfect therapy plan for each patient to achieve long-term stability of periodontal health. Several methods have been proposed to categorize phenotypes and each phenotype is characterized by various clinical characteristics. This review aims to discuss the possible association between the gingival phenotype and the width of keratinized gingiva along with the results appeared. After a rigorous search in major electronic databases, the results of the included studies indicated that the width of keratinized gingiva seems to be associated with the periodontal phenotype, with thick biotypes being characterized by a more pronounced keratinized gingival width. However, the heterogeneity of the included studies did not allow to make a conclusion about a direct relationship.
牙龈表型和角化龈宽度的概念对牙周病诊疗的影响相对较新。口腔组织的软硬组织维度在日常临床实践中被视为关键参数。生物型类别和角化龈宽度等因素有助于牙医为每位患者制定完美的治疗方案，以实现牙周健康的长期稳定。已提出多种方法来对表型进行分类，且每种表型都具有多种临床特征。本综述旨在探讨牙龈表型与角化龈宽度之间可能存在的关联以及所呈现的结果。在对主要电子数据库进行严格检索后，纳入研究的结果表明，角化龈宽度似乎与牙周表型相关，厚生物型的特征是角化龈宽度更明显。然而，纳入研究的异质性使得无法就直接关系得出结论。
