With the recent advances in medicine over the past few decades, many children who would have not made it past in infancy are now living into adult age. At the other end of the spectrum, there are a rapidly growing number of people with greatly increased life span. For this reason, many patients seeking dental care have significant medical conditions that may alter both the course of their oral disease and the therapy provided. Patients may have conditions which require medical consultation prior to dental treatment and systemic conditions which do not require consultation, but which could...
With the recent advances in medicine over the past few decades, many children who would have not made it past in infancy are now living into adult age...
Furcation involvement exits when periodontal disease has caused resorption of bone into the bi- or trifurcation area of a multi-rooted teeth. The access to the furcation area is difficult both for the dentist and patient, and their treatment constitutes an enormous challenge. The treatment of teeth with furcation involvement ranges from thorough debridement to regenerative procedures and, if the lesion progresses, to extraction. In this book the various factors which causes furcation involvement, aids used in the diagnosis, prognosis and various treatments are describe. Novel treatment...
Furcation involvement exits when periodontal disease has caused resorption of bone into the bi- or trifurcation area of a multi-rooted teeth. The acce...
