BACKGROUND AND AIM Current treatment of gingival recession (GR) is limited to surgical procedures. We describe a case series of 18 patients with GR who were treated with a botanical patch and rinse following standard conservative therapy. CASE SERIES DESCRIPTION: A total of 22 sites with GR > 1 mm were studied. Following scaling and root planing (SRP) and oral hygiene instruction, patients rece...

Periodontal therapy aims at arresting periodontal infection and maintaining a healthy periodontium. The periodic mechanical removal of subgingival microbial biofilms is essential for controlling inflammatory periodontal disease. Mechanical periodontal therapy consists of scaling, root planing and gingival curettage. The sonic and ultrasonic scalers are valuable tools in the prevention of period...

A comprehensive and critical review of literature pertaining to the study of planing craft is given within this work. This study includes monohull design, analysis and performance prediction for flat water; many features of the planing characteristics, including dynamic stability, the use of stepped hullforms, re-entrant transoms and flow characteristics are detailed. Work on the rough water se...

AIMS The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the systemic administration of metronidazole and amoxicillin as an adjunct to initial periodontal therapy in patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis. METHODS AND MATERIALS This randomized, double blind, placebo controlled parallel study involved 50 adult patients with untreated periodontitis who were randomly ass...

BACKGROUND To selectively review the existing literature on post-interventional maintenance protocols in patients with periodontal disease receiving either non-surgical or surgical periodontal treatment. METHODS Three systematic reviews with different periodontal interventions, i.e. scaling and root planing (SRP), SRP with adjunctive antibiotics or regenerative periodontal surgery were evalua...

PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of root planing on the reduction of probing pocket depth and the gain of clinical attachment depending on the pattern of bone resorption (vertical versus horizontal bone loss) in the interproximal aspect of premolar teeth that showed an initial probing pocket depth of 4-6 mm. METHODS In this study, we analyzed 68 teeth (15 fr...

Pain is a subjective perception due to different stimuli. Periodontal therapy includes non-surgical as well as surgical procedures that may trigger the pain after administration of such procedures. The objectives of this study were: 1) to assess the degree of pain and discomfort experienced after different periodontal procedures (surgical and non-surgical) using a series of visual analogy scale...

Hydrodynamics of porpoising instability in vertical-plane motions of high-speed planing vessels have been investigated for years. However, not much work has been published on dynamic control of vertical-plane motions of planing boats by controllable appendages. In this paper, effects of controllable transom flaps on heave/pitch motion characteristics of high-speed planing vessels are investigat...

PURPOSE The aim of this clinical trial was to explore the impact of intentional passive eruption (IPE) using occlusal reduction on the periodontal parameters of teeth with moderate chronic periodontitis and traumatic occlusion. METHODS This study was performed on 40 teeth from 16 subjects. At baseline, 4 weeks after initial periodontal treatment, and 6 months after IPE, clinical and radiograp...