Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

Frenectomy by surgical technique with free gingival auto graft - a case report

Dr. Parveen Ranga, Dr. Amita Sharma

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">One of the essential surgical procedure is the frenectomy. The labial frenum is an anatomical landmark that joins the lips and cheeks to the alveolar processes of maxillary and mandibular bones. This fold contains vascular structures with thin peripheral nervous ramifications that is covered by stratified layered epithelium and their high attachment may involve orthodontic, prosthodontics and prosthodontics discrepancies as well as speech inability. An abnormal frenum is termed as a hypertrophic, fiotic, ample, fan-shaped or bifid-ending structure. Scalpel surgical technique has verified to be successful with soft-tissue incision and also led to a considerable satisfactory reesults.<o:p></o:p></span></p>