Effect of Hyaluronic-acid on the Healing After Free Gingival Graft

Summary

This study evaluated the effect of topical hyaluronic acid (HA) application on free gingival graft (FGG) donor and recipient sites during the early wound healing period with laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and to investigate the effect of HA application on the dimensional change of the graft.Participants were randomly classified into the test group (TG) and control group (CG). HA was applied to both donor and recipient sites in 20 patients who formed the TG, whereas HA was not applied to the 20 patients who formed the CG.

Timeline

Start

2017-04-01

Primary completion

2018-04-01

Completion

2018-12-01

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