background: recent researches have known long term infections such as periodontal disease to be related with the process of atherosclerosis. periodontitis causes peripheral inflammation and immune cell stimulation which leads to an increase in c - reactive protein (crp) and iga ab and there is a definite relation between cardiovascular disease, crp increase and periodontitis. the aim of this st...

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...

the purpose of the present randomized clinical trial study was to compare the effectiveness of bovine porous bone mineral (bpbm) with and without plasma rich in growth factors (prgf) in the treatment of mandibular class ii furcation defects.in seven patients, nine pairs of symmetric buccal or lingual mandibular class ii furcation defects were treated. in each patient, one defect received bpbm (...

the aim of the present study was to examine the periodontal condition of an adult population in three isolated regions in greece and to determine the association of periodontal disease with several demographic, behavioral and environmental factors.the study population consisted of 640 individuals, aged 20 to 69 years from three isolated regions. the following indices were assessed: pocket depth...

abstract: background and aim:  micro-ultrasonic tips are similar to hand instruments in their clinical application of subgingival scaling.  in spite of their favorable results, excessive penetration of mini-insert ultrasonic scalers to the bottom of gingival pocket may cause harmful effects. the aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of root instrumentation with gracey curettes ...

this study aimed to compare the efficacy of mta and cem cement in class ii furcation defects in human mandibular molars.forty furcation defects were treated in 16 patients with chronic periodontitis. the clinical parameters of probing depth (pd), vertical and horizontal clinical attachment levels (vcal and hcal), open vertical and horizontal furcation depths (ovfd and ohfd), and gingival margin...

Background and Aim: Different attachment designs have been developed to connect implant to natural teeth in partial dentures; however, adequate studies have not been performed to determine stress distribution patterns in these designs. The present study aimed to assess stress distribution patterns in natural tooth and implant supported removable partial denture with different attachment designs...