Comparison of Postoperative Effects of Articaine and Lidocaine in Mucogingival Surgery

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients\> 18 years requiring FGG surgery with ≤ 1 mm width of attached gingiva * No systemic diseases or pregnancy. * Smoking ≤10 cigarettes/day * Full-mouth plaque score and full-mouth bleeding score ≤10% (four sites per tooth). * Need for FGG due to insufficient attached gingiva * No history of mucogingival or periodontal surgery at experimental sites Exclusion Criteria: * Use of oral contraceptives, psychotropic drugs, sedatives, or NSAIDs * Allergy or hypersensitivity to local anesthetics, * Orofacial neurological symptoms, * Active infection in the surgical area, * Pathological mental conditions such as dementia or psychosis, or lack of cooperation,