QUINTESSENCE-2024
QUINTESSENCE-2024 Class
QUINTESSENCE-2024
The Trapezoidal Sling Suture:
A Technical Note of a Novel Suturing Technique for Tunneling Flap Procedures
The aim of this report is to describe a new sling suturing method with papillary anchorage that is clinically applicable within the available conventional root-coverage tunneling procedures. Although caution is advised to not increase excessive tension on the fragile papilla tips, as they provide coro- nal and palatal suspension, the tension used with this method ascertains a firm and stable connec- tion for the entire buccogingival graft complex into the horizontal and vertical dimensions of both single and multiple recession defects. This technical note describes the “trapezoidal sling suture” technique, which allows fixation and stabilization for the graft and flap around both natural teeth and implants.