[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100650728":3},{"organization":4,"armGroups":7,"interventions":25,"overallOfficials":41,"centralContacts":46,"locations":52,"responsibleParty":65,"collaborators":31,"id":69,"slug":70,"hasResults":71,"nctId":72,"briefTitle":73,"officialTitle":74,"acronym":31,"eligibilityCriteria":75,"healthyVolunteers":71,"sex":76,"minAge":77,"maxAge":31,"enrollmentInfo":78,"targetDuration":31,"studyType":81,"phases":82,"briefSummary":84,"conditions":85,"keywords":87,"overallStatus":93,"whyStopped":31,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":94,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":95,"startDateStruct":98,"completionDateStruct":100,"leadSponsor":102,"locationsCount":103},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Altinbas University","OTHER",[8,14,20],{"label":9,"type":10,"description":11,"interventionNames":12},"Control Group","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","Participants underwent standardized free gingival graft surgery without additional low-level laser therapy or hyaluronic acid application.",[13],"Procedure: Free Gingival Graft Surgery",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Low-Level Laser Therapy Group","EXPERIMENTAL","Participants underwent standardized free gingival graft surgery and received low-level laser therapy using an 810-nm diode laser at 0.1 W in continuous-wave mode for 60 seconds on the day of surgery and on postoperative days 1, 3, 7, and 14.",[19],"Device: Low-Level Laser Therapy",{"label":21,"type":16,"description":22,"interventionNames":23},"Hyaluronic Acid Group","Participants underwent standardized free gingival graft surgery. A 0.8% hyaluronic acid gel was applied topically to the palatal donor site immediately after surgery. Participants were also instructed to apply the hyaluronic acid gel to the palatal donor site three times daily for two weeks.",[24],"Device: Topical Hyaluronic Acid Gel",[26,32,36],{"type":27,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":31},"DEVICE","Topical Hyaluronic Acid Gel","A 0.8% hyaluronic acid gel was applied directly to the recipient bed immediately before placement and stabilization of the free gingival graft. The gel was also applied topically to the palatal donor site immediately after surgery. Participants were prescribed the same gel and instructed to apply it to the palatal donor site three times daily for 14 days.",[21],null,{"type":27,"name":33,"description":34,"armGroupLabels":35,"otherNames":31},"Low-Level Laser Therapy","Low-level laser therapy was administered to the palatal donor site and the recipient site using an 810-nm diode laser at 0.1 W in continuous-wave mode for 60 seconds. Laser applications were performed immediately after free gingival graft surgery and repeated on postoperative days 1, 3, 7, and 14.",[15],{"type":37,"name":38,"description":39,"armGroupLabels":40,"otherNames":31},"PROCEDURE","Free Gingival Graft Surgery","A standardized free gingival graft was harvested from the palatal donor site and placed and stabilized at the recipient site in the mandibular anterior region to increase the width of keratinized gingiva.",[9],[42],{"name":43,"affiliation":44,"role":45},"Şebnem Dirikan İpçi, Prof.","Altınbas University Dental Hospital","STUDY_DIRECTOR",[47],{"name":48,"role":49,"phone":50,"phoneExt":31,"email":51},"Deniz BARLAS, PHD in periodontology","CONTACT","+905301454418","denizbarlas04@gmail.com",[53],{"facility":54,"status":31,"city":55,"state":56,"zip":57,"country":58,"countryCode":31,"cosmosGeoPoint":59,"geoPoint":64,"contacts":31},"Altınbaş University Dental Hospital","Istanbul","Bakırköy","34730","Turkey (Türkiye)",{"type":60,"coordinates":61},"Point",[62,63],28.94966,41.01384,{"lat":63,"lon":62},{"type":66,"investigatorFullName":67,"investigatorTitle":68,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":31,"oldOrganization":31},"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR","Deniz Barlas","PhD Candidate, Department of Periodontology","100650728","effects-of-low-level-laser-therapy-and-hyaluronic-acid-after-free-gingival-graft-100650728",false,"NCT07751211","Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy and Hyaluronic Acid After Free Gingival Graft","Clinical Evaluation of the Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy and Hyaluronic Acid Application on Graft Shrinkage and Postoperative Morbidity Following Free Gingival Graft","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Voluntary participation and provision of written informed consent\n* Systemically healthy adults aged 18 years or older\n* Non-smokers\n* No known drug allergies\n* Not pregnant or breastfeeding\n* Presence of Cairo RT1 or RT2 gingival recession in the mandibular anterior region\n* Keratinized tissue width of less than 2 mm at the planned grafting site\n* Plaque Score below 20% and Bleeding on Probing score below 20%\n* Vital teeth in the surgical area\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Current use of medications that may interfere with wound healing or are contraindicated for surgical procedures\n* Pregnancy or breastfeeding\n* Ongoing orthodontic treatment in the affected region\n* History of previous periodontal surgery in the study area\n* Presence of active periodontal disease\n* Probing pocket depth greater than 3 mm in the involved teeth","ALL","18 Years",{"count":79,"type":80},30,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[83],"NA","The goal of this randomized clinical trial was to learn whether low-level laser therapy or hyaluronic acid application improves healing after free gingival graft surgery in adults with insufficient keratinized gingival tissue in the mandibular lower teeth region.\n\nThe main questions it aimed to answer were:\n\n* Do low-level laser therapy and hyaluronic acid application reduce shrinkage of the gingival graft?\n* Do these treatments reduce postoperative pain and pain medication use and improve wound healing, clinical outcomes, appearance, and oral health-related quality of life?\n\nResearchers compared three groups: free gingival graft surgery alone, free gingival graft surgery with low-level laser therapy and free gingival graft surgery with hyaluronic acid application.\n\nParticipants underwent free gingival graft surgery and were followed for six months. During follow-up, researchers measured graft size and shrinkage, periodontal clinical measurements, pain at the donor and recipient sites, pain medication use, wound healing, esthetic outcomes, and oral health-related quality of life.",[86],"Gingival Recession, Mucogingival Surgery",[88,33,89,90,91,92],"Insufficient Keratinized Gingiva","Hyaluronic Acid","Graft Shrinkage","Postoperative Pain","Keratinized Gingiva","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-08-20",{"date":96,"type":97},"2026-08-21","ACTUAL",{"date":99,"type":80},"2026-09-06",{"date":101,"type":80},"2027-04-06",{"name":5,"class":6},1]