REZUMAT STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ENAMEL MATRIX DERIVATIVES ON EARLY WOUND HEALING. WHICH APPLICATIONS ARE EVIDENCE-BASED? Stefan-Ioan Stratul1, Darian Rusu1, Anton Sculean2 The goal of regenerative periodontal therapy is the reconstitution of the lost periodontal structures (i.e. the new formation of root cementum, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone). Results from basic research have pointe...

The prevention of periodontal disease is a key factor in oral health. It has also become evident that periodontal health is associated with systemic health. Nonsurgical scaling and root planing is the standard of care for periodontitis. Supragingival plaque removal influences the bacterial environment in pockets up to 3 mm in depth, while subgingival scaling and root planing is essential in poc...

Periodontal disease is considered a risk factor in dental implant treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the periodontal conditions in patients requesting dental implant therapy. A total of 169 patients visiting Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Implantology at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital were targeted. The following intraoral parameters were measured in each patien...

AIM The purpose of this article is to present a review of the potential biological mechanisms underlying the effects of tobacco smoking on periodontal health and periodontal therapy. BACKGROUND Periodontitis is the result of complex interrelationships between infectious agents and host factors. Environmental, acquired, and genetic risk factors modify the expression of disease and may, therefo...

PURPOSE The aim of this article is to review a group of lesions associated with periodontal ligament (PDL) widening. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic search was performed using specialized databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, PubMed Central, Science Direct, and Scopus to find relevant studies by using keywords such as "periodontium", "periodontal ligament", "periodontal ligament space...

In several clinical studies on RPDs, great attention was paid to the occurrence of reactions in periodontal tissues. Some early studies reported extensive periodontal breakdown, often a short time after insertion of a prosthesis. Other studies reported moderate or practically no harmful periodontal changes. In articles on causes of periodontal breakdown related to RPDs, the three main factors d...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if there is a relationship between findings of carotid artery calcification (CAC) and periodontal risk in nonsmoker subjects by using panoramic radiographs (DPR). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1146 DPRs were investigated. Gender, age, severity of bone loss, tooth loss, periodontal risk, and findings of carotid calcification were recorded. The periodontal risk was eval...

Periodontal diseases are multifactorial in nature. While microbial and other environmental factors are believed to initiate and modulate periodontal disease progression, there now exist strong supporting data that genetic polymorphis ms play a role in the predisposition to and progression of periodontal diseases. Variat ions in any number or combination of genes that control the development of ...

Periodontal diseases result in destruction of periodontal tissues, including cementum, bone and periodontal ligament, with eventual loss of tooth if left untreated. Various studies and clinical investigations have resulted in improved therapies for the arrest of disease progression and regeneration of periodontal tissues. A key factor for enhancing the predictability of regenerative therapies i...

OBJECTIVE This study is designed to evaluate the frequency of periodontal disease in a group of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and how this relates with diabetes metabolic control, duration of diabetes, and presence of diabetic complications. METHODS A comparison was made of periodontal parameters (plaque index, bleeding index, pocket depth and attachment loss) in a group of diabetic ...