Rethinking Gingival Recession Evolved Modern Insights and Emerging Trends

Abstract

Gingival recession – apical migration of gingiva from the cemento-enamel junction – is a globally prevalent periodontal condition with the prevalence rate ranging from 93.9% in US adults to 58.3% Pakistani adults. Despite the growing understanding of periodontology worldwide, the field of periodontology is still nascent in Pakistan. However, there is a rising curiosity in academia and clinical practice. This review article aims to comprehensively discuss the multiple aspects of gingival recession (GR) with the new understanding of etiological factors, clinical features, problems associated with GR, RT (2017) classification, new advancements in diagnostic tools and a brief account of its management. Moreover, it provides relevant clinical pictures of the author’s own cases for contextual and clinical relatability. The search strategy included the search across Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science using the keywords “gingival recession(s),” “gingival recession/etiology,” “gingival recession/classification,” and “diagnosis AND management,” focusing on relevant studies published in English in the last 10 years. Further references were identified through snowballing the bibliographies to present a comprehensive review. From a total of 507 studies in the first search hit to refining it to 54 research studies pertaining to the focus of this article are included in this review