Are teeth for life? Periodontal soft and hard tissue stability

Soft drinks: hard on teeth.

March-April 2001 more than 27% of Americans’ beverage consumption. In 1997, Americans spent more than $54 billion to buy 14 billion gallons of soft drinks. Today Americans consume more than 56 gallons per year, or more than one-anda-half 12 ounce cans per day for every man, woman, and child. Dentists are becoming increasingly concerned that over-consumption of soft drinks may result in greater ...

Slow Orthodontic Teeth Extrusion to Enhance Hard and Soft Periodontal Tissue Quality before Implant Positioning in Aesthetic Area

Approaching bone defects of jaws treatments, hard and soft tissue augmentation could be considered as a goal for clinicians when performing dental implant placement. The increase in patients who want cosmetic treatment puts practitioners in an awkward position when choosing the best therapy to obtain the most desirable results. A private dentist referred a young patient to the Department of Imp...

COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF NOVEL TREATMENT POSSIBILITIES FOR PERIODONTAL HARD- AND SOFT TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION Short PhD Thesis

Mucosal Substitutes for Periodontal Soft Tissue Regeneration

• They serve as a temporary supporting structure (extracellular matrix), the initial architecture, on which the cells can grow three-dimensionally into the desired tissue. • They provide the environment needed for cellular growth and differentiation. • They provide the strength to withstand mechanical stress and guide their growth. • They are biodegradable and degrade at the same rate as the ti...

Gene-enhanced tissue engineering for dental hard tissue regeneration: (2) dentin-pulp and periodontal regeneration

Potential applications for gene-based tissue engineering therapies in the oral and maxillofacial complex include the delivery of growth factors for periodontal regeneration, pulp capping/dentin regeneration, and bone grafting of large osseous defects in dental and craniofacial reconstruction. Part 1 reviewed the principals of gene-enhanced tissue engineering and the techniques of introducing DN...