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Gingival invagination—a systematic review

Die Gingivaduplikatur – ein systematisches Review

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Abstract

Gingival invagination is an alteration of the ginviva often observed during orthodontic space closure. This finding appears as a “pseudopocket” which can be probed both horizontally and vertically. The objective of this systematic literature review was to present information on the etiology and intermediate and long-term sequelae of gingival invagination, together with possible approaches to its prevention and treatment. To find currently available literature a MeSH term search in the PubMed literature database was carried out, complemented by manual search in selected dental journals and in the reference lists of the identified articles. Only few articles on gingival invagination were identified. Those that were found displayed different levels of evidence which made a quantitative evaluation impossible. The results are summarized and discussed in light of this information.

Zusammenfassung

Die Gingivaduplikatur ist eine Veränderung der Schleimhaut, welche oftmals im Laufe eines kieferorthopädischen Lückenschlusses zu beobachten ist. Eine solche Gingivaduplikatur stellt sich als eine Art „Pseudotasche“ dar, die horizontale und vertikale Sondierungstiefen aufweist. Ziel der vorliegenden systematischen Literaturübersicht war es, genauere Hinweise zur Ätiologie, mittel- und langfristigen Folgen sowie zu Ansätzen für die Vermeidung und Therapie von Gingivaduplikaturen zu erhalten. Eine Schlagwortsuche in der Literaturdatenbank „Pubmed“, manuelle Recherche in zahnmedizinischen Zeitschriften sowie eine weitere Recherche in den Quellen der resultierenden Publikationen wurden vorgenommen, um die derzeit verfügbare Literatur zu identifizieren. Die Literaturrecherche ergab nur eine geringe Anzahl an Publikationen zur jeweiligen Fragestellung mit unterschiedlichen Evidenzgraden, die eine quantifizierbare Verwertung der Publikationen nicht zuließen. Aus diesem Grund wurden die Ergebnisse entsprechend der genannten Fragestellung zusammengefasst und diskutiert.

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Gölz, L., Reichert, C. & Jäger, A. Gingival invagination—a systematic review. J Orofac Orthop 72, 409–420 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00056-011-0046-z

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