title: Treatment of periodontal furcation defects. Mandibular class III defects.
abstract: Twenty-seven mandibular class III furcation defects were treated in 27 subjects using a regenerative therapy that included citric acid root conditioning and coronally positioned flaps secured by crown-attached sutures. In addition to this therapy, 13 of the 27 defects received freeze-dried, decalcified allogenic bone grafts. The effect of these therapies was evaluated from soft tissue probing measurements, including furcation probings to determine soft tissue closure of the defects. At 6 months postsurgery, the mean vertical probing depth reduction and the mean probing attachment level gain in the furcation area were 2.6 mm and 2.2 mm for the non-grafted defects and 1.9 mm and 1.5 mm for the grafted defects. One of the 14 non-grafted defects and 3 of 13 grafted defects were judged to show soft tissue clinical closure by a panel of 3 independent examiners. No statistically significant differences were observed between defects treated with or without bone grafts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University, CA.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Gantès
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Synowski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Egelberg
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002951:Citrates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019343:Citric Acid; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004846:Epithelial Attachment / Q000473:pathology; D005612:Freeze Drying; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D008963:Molar; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000473:pathology; D013357:Subgingival Curettage; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013997:Time Factors; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000187:drug effects / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid