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ArticleBioinformation2025

A review on papilla preservation flap techniques.

Pragya G, Anitha Logaranjani, Prashanthi P, Jaideep Mahendra

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Pragya GDepartment of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anitha LogaranjaniDepartment of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Prashanthi PDepartment of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jaideep MahendraDepartment of Periodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

Periodontal therapy must necessarily consider esthetic appearance. Therefore, it is important to maintain gingival marginal anatomy with as much as the height of papilla during the course of the periodontal therapy. Surgical therapy used in periodontal defects in maxillary anteriors is possible in an esthetic manner only when integrity of the papilla is preserved. Hence, various flap designs have been developed such as papilla preservation flaps and minimally invasive surgical approaches with papilla elevation or without papilla elevation to reduce the risk of early wound failure. Several surgical techniques are used for primary flap closure and interdental tissue preservation, including various papilla preservation flaps, single flap approaches, soft and connective tissue wall techniques, MIST, M-MIST, and the "Whale's tail" technique.

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estheticsInterdental papillaminimally invasivepapilla preservation flapperiodontal flap surgery

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PMID40978631
PMCPMC12449521

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