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Gain of Keratinized Mucosa Around Teeth and Dental Implants Using a Combination of Strip Gingival Graft and Acellular Dermal Matrix

Who can join

Ages 18 to 99 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* English speaking
* At least 18 years old
* Able to read and understand informed consent document
* Patients with teeth/implants lacking keratinized tissue.
* Must be a patient of the UAB Dental School
* Presence of periodontally healthy, non-carious neighboring teeth, healthy implants or edentulous ridges on either side of the involved site(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-English speaking
* Less than 18 years old
* Smokers/tobacco users (\>10 cigarettes/day)
* Patients with systemic pathologies or conditions contraindicating oral surgical procedures or adversely affecting wound healing
* Presence of active periodontal disease
* Previous soft tissue grafting at the site(s) to be treated

About the study

This study is to compare the two techniques to achieve change in the tissue quality at areas of lack of Keratinized Tissue (KT) using soft tissue grafting with autogenous graft material (Free Gingival Graft)(FGG) vs Strip gingival graft with acellular dermal matrix (ADM) (SGG+ADM).

What is being tested

• Strip Free gingival graft (SGG) + Acellular Dermal Matrix graft (ADM) (procedure)
• Free Gingival graft (procedure)

Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Participants: 20 · Started: Sep 17, 2021

Contact the study team

• Hussein Basma, DDS, MS · Phone: 2059344506
• Sarah Startley, DMD · Phone: 2059758711

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04920136

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Gingival Recession

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.