Purpose: The treatment for furcation involvement is a great challenge to the general dentists. Tunneling may be a treatment alternative for class II and III furcation involvements in mandibular molars with large angle separation and great divergence between the mesial and distal roots. This alternative is a conservative treatment that allows a great condition to oral hygiene maintenance by the ...

Background: The location of the endodontic perforation has shown a strong correlation with healing process and successful outcome. aim this study was to determine prevalence iatrogenic perforations according their affected root surfaces. Materials methods: Over period 7 years, 100 cases were recorded from digital radiographs each case. classified following criteria: (1) – cervical, furcation,...

The present study was performed to evaluate the effects of hydroxylapatite (HAP) on tissue regeneration in various types of furcation involvement. Upper premolar tooth sites of 9 beagle dogs (3-6 years old) were used. HAP particles were implanted into three types of furcation defects: Class III lesion (by Glickman) in 2nd premolar sites, artificially caused by intrafurcal suturing or spontaneou...

Objectives. This paper aims to review the diagnostic application of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in the field of periodontology. Data. Original articles that reported on the use of CBCT for periodontal disease diagnosis were included. Sources. MEDLINE (1990 to January 2014), PubMed (using medical subject headings), and Google Scholar were searched using the following terms in different ...

There is no consistent relationship between malocclusion and periodontal disease but certain characteristics of malocclusion can promote a pathologic environment conducive to periodontal disease. One of the dramatic means available to improve the local environmental factors is through orthodontic tooth movement. The pretreatment periodontal conditions can include excessive tooth mobility, advan...

Periodontitis is primarily a dental plaque induced inflammatory disease. Anatomic factors such as cervical enamel projections, enamel pearls, and developmental grooves are often associated with advanced, localized periodontal destruction. Enamel projections and pearls are mostly associated with molars. Enamel projections in the furcation areas of molars have no true attachment and are therefore...