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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2509</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2018.10151</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Platelet Rich Fibrin __ampersandsignamp; Guided Tissue Regeneration Aided Coverage of a Mucosal Fenestration __ampersandsignndash; An Interdisciplinary Approach&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S.</surname><given-names>Divya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>C.</surname><given-names>Deepika P.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ambikathanaya</surname><given-names/></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>16</day><month>08</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>5)</volume><issue/><fpage>1</fpage><lpage>5</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: Mucosal fenestrations affecting permanent teeth are clinically challenging because they require a more complex approach. The objective of this case report was to describe a treatment modality used to manage an apical fenestration placed on the left mandibular central incisor root. &#13;
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Case Report: The case report describes the management of a patient with mucosal fenestration of root apex. Mucosal fenestration of root apex was treated by a combination of root canal treatment and surgery. Root-end resection was performed to bring the root apex within the alveolus before root-end filling and packing of the bony defects with platelet rich fibrin. The dehiscence of the buccal labial plate was managed by placement of a barrier membrane. The edges of the soft tissue defect was then deepithelialized, approximated and sutured.&#13;
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Discussion: Various treatment modalities advocated in the literature for the management of mucosal fenestration include- root canal treatment and root-end resection, blind root surface instrumentation and mouth rinsing with chlorhexidine, full thickness mucogingival flap with primary or secondary healing, pedicle flap operations, epithelialized and non-epithelialized grafting procedures for root coverage and full thickness mucogingival flaps with guided tissue regeneration and bone grafting. &#13;
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Conclusion: The endodontic and periodontal surgical techniques used in the management of alveolar or mucosal fenestrations alone are unremarkable but combining them can give optimum outcome.__ampersandsignnbsp;&#13;
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