Preferred Periodontal Flaps

CONDITION	PREFERRED FLAP
·        For accessibility in anterior teeth segments ·        For reconstructive osseous surgery	Papillary preservation flap
·        For accessibility in non – esthetic zone	Modified widman flap
·        For osseous defect closure by bone recontouring ·        Decreased width of attached gingiva with thick pocket wall	Apically displaced flap
·        Long narrow gingival defect on single tooth	Laterally displaced flap
·        Absence of attached gingival with friable pocket wall or no pocket	Free gingival graft
·        Isolated recession on upper teeth	Tarnow’s semilunar coronally displaced flap