A combined regenerative approach for the treatment of aggressive periodontitis: long-term follow-up of a familial case.
This article reports the longitudinal follow-up of a familial case of aggressive periodontitis treated by a combined regenerative approach that consisted of root conditioning, bone grafting, and membrane positioning. Treatment resulted in attachment level gain, reduction of probing depth, absence of bleeding on probing, and complete bone filling of the defect. The short-term results obtained after surgery were maintained after 6 years, suggesting that the combined regenerative approach is able to completely arrest the disease with long-term stability.
Sant'Ana
Adriana Campos Passanezi
AC
Discipline of Periodontics, School of Dentistry at Bauru, University of São Paolo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. drisantana@yahoo.com.br
Passanezi
Euloir
E
Todescan
Sylvia Maria Correia
SM
de Rezende
Maria Lúcia Rubo
ML
Greghi
Sebastião Luiz Aguiar
SL
Ribeiro
Mônica Garcia
MG
D000293:Adolescent; D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery*; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017823:Furcation Defects / Q000601:surgery*; D048091:Guided Tissue Regeneration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010375:Pedigree
D018786:Bone Substitutes; D008567:Membranes, Artificial