Patient selection
Attachment loss
ADVERSE REACTIONS, SYSTEMIC DISEASE, GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT
Twenty-six patients requiring gingivectomy procedure and met the study inclusion criteria were included in this study. They were recruited from the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University outpatient clinic at the Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology department.Inclusion criteria for the study were as follow:
Chronic inflammatory gingival enlargement grade 2 and 3 according to the gingival overgrowth index by Miller and Damn [Adequate amount of keratinized tissue.Attachment loss = 0.Average age between 18 and 40 years.Well educated patients as post-operative instructions need to be followed precisely.While we excluded: Patients with history of smoking, pregnant women, patients with bad oral hygiene, patients who have any known systemic disease that interfere with performance of surgical gingivectomy or periodontal wound healing and patients who have any previous adverse reactions to the products (or similar products) used in this study.