This review of periodontal flap surgery identified 8 small studies, all of which demonstrated better outcomes in terms of probing the depth and the attachment level for non-smokers.
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This review included 11 small low quality studies that suggest clinical benefits at 6 months. Further high quality longer term studies are needed to assess the clinical relevance.
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This review of periodontal surgery for multiple gingival recessions includes 9 small RCTs with relatively short follow up periods and suggests that the percentage root coverage can be improved although complete root coverage was more variable.
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This review of periodontal surgery for localised gingival recession included 51 RCTs and provides evidence to support the use of coronally advanced flap procedures alone or with connective tissue grafts.
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Both surgical and non-surgical approaches can be used for the treatment of chronic periodontitis. The traditional approach being improving plaque control and non- surgical scaling and root planing (SRP) followed by surgical re-treatment where indicated. The main aim of this study was to compare immediate surgery with SRP in the treatment of advanced periodontal disease [read the full story…]
The latest critical summary from the ADA-EBD Center considers a 2012 systematic review from Graziani et al. The aim of the review was to assess the effectiveness of conservative periodontal surgery (CS) for the treatment of periodontitis-related intrabony defects. Conservative periodontal surgery was defined as procedures that involved debridement of intrabony defects and root surfaces [read the full story…]
It has been reported that implantitis affects between 2-47% of implants and with the number of implants being placed rising years on year more patients are likely to be affected. The aim of this review was to assess the effectiveness of different interventions for the treatment of peri-implantitis. Searches were conducted in Medline, PubMed, Embase [read the full story…]
