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Periodontal therapy for hopeless mandibular anterior teeth: a retrospective case report with a multidisciplinary approach and a 20-year follow-up

Introduction: This case report presents the intentional periodontal maintenance of two periodontal hopeless lower central incisors with a multidisciplinary approach and 20-year follow-up. Case presentation: A 36-year-old male, in 2001, was diagnosed with aggressive periodontitis, gingival swelling, bleed...

Recubrimiento radicular de recesiones gingivales con matriz dérmica acelular
Root coverage of gingival recession with acellular dermal matrix

Rev. ADM; 80 (5), 2023
La recesión gingival es considerada como una deformidad o condición mucogingival, la Academia Americana de Periodontología, define a la recesión gingival como el desplazamiento del margen del tejido blando apical a la unión cemento-esmalte con la exposición de la superficie radicular. El tratam...

Sobredentadura parcial como alternativa de tratamiento en paciente con secuela periodontal. Reporte de caso

La rehabilitación de pacientes desdentados parciales periodontalmente comprometidos es un desafío a nivel protésico. Esto se debe a que la condición de los dientes pilares no siempre es la adecuada, viéndose afectada la proporción corono-radicular por las secuelas de una enfermedad periodontal. Es ...

Suporte periodontal em diferentes idades em humanos: revisão sistemática e metanálise

A tomada de decisões na prática da clínica odontológica está baseada na utilização de parâmetros periodontais como o nível de osso alveolar e de inserção clínica, desconsiderando a idade do paciente, podendo resultar em extrações desnecessárias de dentes que ainda possuem suporte periodont...

Combined periodontal regeneration of molar severely compromised by furcation, intrabony defects and attachment loss to the apex: a case report

J. oral res. (Impresa); 10 (2), 2021
Introduction: Clinicians tend to encounter unfavorable situations in the treatment of teeth with severe attachment loss. Periodontal regeneration has been a successful therapeutic approach in treatments that require a long-term prognosis improvement. This case shows the benefits of combined regenerative ...

Periodontal disease and its impact on general health in Latin America. Section II: Introduction part II

Braz. oral res. (Online); 34 (supl.1), 2020
Abstract: The epidemiological data on gingivitis and periodontitis in Latin America are scarce, as the majority of the Latin American studies have analyzed probing depth instead of clinical attachment loss. Reported data have shown high variations in results between different Latin American countries, wi...

Plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) in non-surgical periodontal therapy: a randomized clinical trial

Abstract The aim of this split mouth, double blinded, randomized clinical trial was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of use of Plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in the treatment of periodontal pockets. Twenty six patients (15 males, 11 females) diagnose...

Clinical and microbiological evaluation of surgical and nonsurgical treatment of aggressive periodontitis

Braz. dent. j; 30 (6), 2019
Abstract The present study aimed to evaluate clinical and microbiological effects of surgical and nonsurgical periodontal therapy in generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAgP) treatment. Sixteen GAgP patients were included in this randomized split-mouth design clinical trial. Maxillary quadrants were al...

Azithromycin and full-mouth scaling for the treatment of generalized stage iii and iv periodontitis: a 6-month randomized comparative clinical trial

Braz. dent. j; 30 (5), 2019
Abstract The effectiveness of azithromycin combined with full-mouth scaling procedures was compared to quadrant-wise scaling combined with the same dosage of azithromycin when treating periodontitis patients over a 6-month period. In this randomized clinical trial study, thirty-four individuals diagnosed...

Periodontitis and periodontopathogens in individuals hospitalized in the intensive care unit: a case-control study

Braz. dent. j; 30 (4), 2019
Abstract The aim of the present study was to compare periodontal conditions between intensive care unit (ICU) in-patients and non-ICU patients through clinical and microbiological periodontal parameters. This case-control study included 88 individuals hospitalized in ICU and 176 non-hospitalized controls...