BACKGROUND Chronic periodontitis is a multifactorial polygenetic disease with an increasing number of associated factors that have been identified over recent decades. Longitudinal epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that the risk factors were related to the progression of the disease. A traditional multivariate regression model was used to find risk factors associated with chronic periodon...

Laser irradiation has numerous favorable characteristics, such as ablation or vaporization, hemostasis, biostimulation (photobiomodulation) and microbial inhibition and destruction, which induce various beneficial therapeutic effects and biological responses. Therefore, the use of lasers is considered effective and suitable for treating a variety of inflammatory and infectious oral conditions. ...

AIM To provide clinicians with useful information for immediate diagnosis and management of impacted maxillary incisors due to trauma. METHODS We present a case of post-traumatic impaction of a central right maxillary incisor in a young patient. The treatment plan consisted in the interceptive management (surgical and orthodontic), the valuation of the necessary space to move the impacted too...

Inflammatory gingival enlargement is an excessive growth of tissue due to inflammation in response plaque accumulation. Enlargement gingiva hampers the efficiency daily oral hygiene practices which turn accumulates more plaque, thus causing inflammation. Phase I therapy, consisting scaling and root planning only reduces inflammatory component enlarged tissues but fibrotic remaining thereafter t...

Extensive intraosseous lesions represent a clinical challenge for the periodontist. Sites with bone defects have been shown to be at higher risk of periodontitis progression in patients who had not received periodontal therapy. Thus, the aim of this case report was to describe a novel approach for the treatment of 1-walled intraosseous defect by combining nonsurgical periodontal therapy and ort...

There are several studies that evaluate the use of lasers in periodontal treatment non-surgical or surgical therapy. However, while showed clinically beneficial effects some treatment, there few clinical reports additional advantages as adjunctive treatments periodontology. The aim this paper is to demonstrate and critically analyze level scientific evidence low-level high-power A narrative rev...

conclusions cigarette smoking increased some periodontal indexes including pcr and cal, and reduced bop (p < 0.05). results there was not a significant difference in the prevalence of isolated microorganisms between the smokers and nonsmokers. however, the cigarette smoking group had adverse effect on other periodontal indices including pcr, cal, and bop. the mean pcr and cal were significantly...

Aim: The present study proposes an assessment of the clinical effects on periodontal level generated by the adjunctive periodontal therapy with sub-antimicrobial doses of doxycycline in patients with chronic periodontitis and osteoporosis. Materials and Methods: The study group comprised 26 patients with chronic periodontitis and osteoporosis, divided in the study group (classical periodontal d...

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the periodontal therapy performed in the undergraduate curriculum (master level) at the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Basle, Basle, Switzerland. Patients diagnosed with advanced chronic or aggressive periodontitis were included in the study, provided that they were ≤40 years of age at the initial examination and had undergone ...

Context Periodontal surgical procedures produce varying degree of stress in all patients. Nitrous oxide-oxygen inhalation sedation is very effective for adult patients with mild-to-moderate anxiety due to dental procedures and needle phobia. Aim The present study was designed to perform periodontal surgical procedures under nitrous oxide-oxygen inhalation sedation and assess whether this tech...