These videos were produced by Rolf Attstrom and Danish Dental Association in collaboration with Goof Video, Denmark. The coverage viewed from the palatal side illustrates that there are spaces around 0.5-1mm wide between the buccal and palatal parts of the papillae. It is likely that these spaces heal by secondary mechanisms. The coverage allows that periodontal dressing can be avoided and patient prescribed rinsing with Chlorhexidine for a postoperative period of varying length depending on the level of oral cleanliness in the patient. However longer periods of more than 6 weeks of chlorhexidine use in most patients leads to complications in the form of heavy brownish staining of the teeth.
Some patients also complain of taste disturbances.
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