title: Long-term onlay graft volume maintenance in aggressive periodontitis patients.
abstract: Treatment planning in the esthetic zone has classically presented some of the greatest challenges to the practitioner. The purpose of this article is to describe a staged, multidisciplinary approach and follow-up to a case of aggressive periodontitis. Microbial sampling for suspected periodontopathogens was taken before and after treatment. Qualitative polymerase chain reaction analysis was done to detect the presence of cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus type 1 6 years after active periodontal therapy. A control computed tomography scan taken 5.5 years postaugmentation showed stable bone levels and excellent volume maintenance of the transplanted block graft.
authors.affiliation: fverdugo@perio.org
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verdugo
authors.forename: Alon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frydman
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ponton
authors.forename: Hessam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nowzari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000601:surgery; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D058491:Bacterial Load; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017622:Periodontal Attachment Loss / Q000601:surgery; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000601:surgery; D018713:Prevotella intermedia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants