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Volume 35 , Issue 3
May/June 2015
Pages 395–400

Clinical Case Report on Treatment of Generalized Aggressive Periodontitis: 5-Year Follow-up

Kai-Fang Hu, DDS, MD/Ya-Ping Ho, DDS, MD, PhD/Kun-Yen Ho, DDS, MD, PhD/Yi-Min Wu, DDS, MD, PhD/Wen-Chen Wang, DDS, MD, PhD/Yu-Hsiang Chou, DDS, MD

PMID: 25909527
DOI: 10.11607/prd.2113

Generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAgP) is a distinct type of periodontal disease associated with considerably more rapid periodontal tissue destruction than chronic periodontitis. This study presents the 5-year follow-up of a patient with GAgP. A 29-year-old man reported experiencing increasing gingival recession. He was treated using cause-related therapy, provisional splints, and flap surgery combined with allograft grafting and was followed up for 5 years. This case study shows that elimination of infectious microorganisms and meticulous long-term maintenance provide an effective treatment modality for aggressive periodontitis cases. This treatment modality can restore the masticatory function and provide the GAgP patient with improved quality of life.

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