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Volume 24 , Issue 1
January/February 2004
Pages 57–63

Treatment of Intrabony Pockets with Emdogain: Results at 36 Months

Renato Parodi, MD, DMD/Giorgio A. E. Santarelli, MD, DMD/Bruno Gasparetto, EE

PMID: 14984146
DOI: 10.11607/prd.00.0566

This study reports the results obtained 36 months after treating deep periodontal defects with amelogenins. Results at 12 months have already been published. Sixteen of 21 patients completed the 3-year recall program. This study confirms after 3 years the results obtained at 1 year: Probing pocket depth decreased from 7.87 ± 2.03 mm to 2.93 ± 2.19 mm; recession increased from 2.20 ± 1.42 mm to 2.93 ± 1.87 mm; and attachment level decreased from 10.07 ± 2.28 to 5.87 ± 2.59 mm. No statistically significant difference was found between the data collected at 12 and 36 months. The standardized radiographs, digitized and analyzed with purpose- developed software, did not show any appreciable increase in bone volume, but only improved mineralization of the preexisting bone after 3 years using Emdogain without grafts. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2004;24:57–63.)

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