New study tests smarter gum grafts for receding gums

NCT ID NCT07453147

Disease control Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study compares two ways of doing a gum graft to treat gum recession affecting several teeth. All 32 participants will get a modified tunnel procedure, but half will receive a single continuous graft and the other half a segmented graft. The goal is to see which method better covers exposed roots and improves gum health over 12 months.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: connective tissue graft (gum graft)
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that a segmented graft works as well as or better than a continuous graft for covering exposed tooth roots, improving gum health and appearance.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage study with only 32 participants. Results may not apply to everyone, and the procedure carries typical surgical risks like infection or graft failure.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 32 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2025

Expected to finish

Sep 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * ASA I or ASA II * Good periodontal health * Able to undergo oral surgery * Must be 18 years old and older * No smoking * At least two teeth in the same sector in the maxilla and the right and left mandible (except in the mandibular incisive sector), of which at least 2 are contiguous, with vestibular gingival recessions of type RT 1 of 1-5mm (Cairo et al. 2011) * An identifiable or restorable cemento-enamel junction (CEJ), with or without the presence of a non-carious cervical lesion (Pini-Prato et al. 2010) * Plaque index (O'Leary 1972) and bleeding index (Ainamo et al. 1975) scores of less than 20% * Able to give informed consent and have signed the consent forms Exclusion Criteria: * Teeth showing recession associated with a carious lesion, restoration or cervical prosthesis involving CEJ * Teeth with recession depth \>5mm * Molars with recessions will be treated but will not be taken into account for the measurements * Teeth with recession that have already undergone periodontal surgery * Presence of severe tooth malposition, rotation or significant version of the tooth * Smoker and ex-smoker * Patient suffering from a disease affecting the periodontium * Patient with clinical signs of active periodontitis * Known pregnancy in progress or breastfeeding * Contraindication to surgery * Conditions or circumstances which would prevent completion of study participation or interfere with analysis of study results, such as history of no-compliance or unreliability * Patients deprived of their liberty or under legal protection

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

gingival recession

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Gum recession

How to take part

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The places running it

2 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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New study tests smarter gum grafts for receding gums

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