This investigation was designed to evaluate the healing response to the laser-assisted new attachment procedure (LANAP). Eight patients presenting with 12 teeth predetermined to be surgically extracted were enrolled and consented to treatment with full-mouth LANAP therapy. LANAP surgical therapy consisted of a first pass with a 360-Μm fiber diameter, laser settings with verified output of 4.0 W...

BACKGROUND The deleterious effects of chewing betel quid (BQ) with or without tobacco on periodontal health are poorly addressed. The aim of this study was to investigate the severity and extent of periodontal disease among individuals chewing BQ with and without tobacco. METHODS One hundred twenty individuals (70 BQ chewers: 35 with tobacco and 35 without tobacco) and 50 control individuals ...

BACKGROUND The treatment of periodontitis begins with a non-surgical phase that includes scaling and root planing(SRP) and on occasion the use of systemic antibiotics. The goal was to systematically evaluate in systemic healthy adults the effect of the concomitant administration of amoxicillin (amx) and metronidazole (met) adjunctive to SRP compared to SRP alone. METHODS The PubMed-MEDLINE, C...

Periodontal breakdown primarily develops when the microbial load within a periodontal pocket overrules the local and systemic host defence mechanisms. Such an imbalance occurs in different situations, including an aspecific increase in the total amount of bacteria, an outgrowth/overgrowth of pathogenic species above a certain threshold level and/or a reduction in the efficiency of the immune re...

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been proposed as an adjunctive strategy for periodontitis treatments. However, use of aPDT for periodontal treatment is complicated by the difficulty in accessing morphologically complex lesions such as furcation involvement, which the irradiation beam (which is targeted parallel to the tooth axis into the periodontal pocket) cannot access directly....

Periodontal disease is one of the most pervasive dental diseases in older adults. It involves the loss of connective tissue attachment with subsequent destruction of tooth-supporting bone, leading to loss of teeth. Periodontal pocket depth is currently measured with an invasive manual probe, but adapting diagnostic ultrasound to this purpose can avoid the pain and inaccuracy inherent in manual ...

conclusions based on evidence, dentists and dental health care professionals should consider periodontal disease as a risk factor for the development of neoplasms in the oral cavity. it also seems a good idea to provide periodontal therapy for patients with cancer to achieve ideal therapeutic results. results cancer of the oral cavity and periodontal disease are related from different aspects. ...