Dental and dental hygiene students must acquire the skill of measuring periodontal pockets and learn to identify the bottom of a pocket, especially of deep periodontal pockets. A new dental model that would enable students to practice measuring deep periodontal pockets was developed at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effecti...

Little is known about whether the depth of vestibular fornix influences people’s ability to access their teeth remove plaque during oral hygiene measures at home. This study aimed investigate association between and periodontal health. The included 100 adults in good health, with a index (PI) ≤15%, bleeding on probing (BOP) ≤10%, pocket (PPD) ≤3 mm. Using probe digital caliper, we measured PI, ...

abstract background and aims. the aim of this study was to evalute the effect of double pedicle graft (dpg) with and without plasma rich in growth factor (prgf) in the treatment of miller's cl i and ii gingival recessions. materials and methods. thirty two bilateral buccal gingival miller’s cl i and ii recessions were selected. sixteen of the recessions were treated with dpg and prgf (test grou...

background and aims. a combination of guided tissue regeneration (gtr), bovine porous bone mineral (bpbm), and platelet rich plasma has been already applied for the regeneration of intrabony defects. the aim of this study was to determine the role of plasma rich in growth factor (prgf) alone in the periodontal regeneration of intrabony defects in humans as compared with bpbm/gtr technique. mate...

Introduction: The idea that oral infections spread to other systems has long been of interest clinicians. On the hand, there are researches suggesting possibility periodontitis and dental caries being a risk factor for low birth weight (LBW) preterm (PTB). purpose this study is investigate relationship between periodontal health status with PTB. Methods: In case-control study, 82 pregnant women...

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...

Background: Salvadora persica (SP), or miswak, possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-coagulant and anti-bacterial properties that may provide therapeutic benefits in the treatment of chronic periodontitis (CP). In developing countries, prevalence CP, bacterial resistance adverse effects antibacterial agents, has increased over years. The current study aimed to explore effectiveness a loc...

Background: Cigarette smoking is a significant risk factor for periodontal disease. It also causes pigmentation of oral mucosa. The present study was aimed to assess the effects of smoking on lip and gingival pigmentation and periodontal status and the relationship between pigmentation and periodontal parameters. Methods: A total of 109 smokers and an equal number of non-smoker controls (mean a...