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- Title
Treatment of a Mandibular Furcation with Enamel Matrix Derivative.
- Authors
Shoval, Irit; Tenenbaum, Howard C.
- Abstract
Periodontal treatment of the multi-rooted tooth remains a difficult task, the challenge being the unpredictability of treating the involved furcation. Enamel matrix derivative (EMD) has been used in successfully treating infrabony defects and furcation invasions. Amelogenins are the dominant constituent of EMD, and are referred to generally as enamel matrix proteins (EMPs). EMPs are expressed in human teeth during root formation, and it has been postulated that they stimulate mesenchymal cells of the dental follicle to differentiate and produce tissues of the periodontal attachment. Therefore, EMPs may lead to regeneration of attachment tissues lost as a result of periodontitis. We describe the clinical and radiographic results of EMD use in the treatment of a mandibular molar with a buccal furcation invasion. The results suggest that this technique may achieve both clinical closure and improvement of the furcation involvement that also corresponds with radiographic evidence of bone fill within the furcation.
- Subjects
PERIODONTICS; TEETH abnormalities; FURCATION of teeth roots; PERIODONTITIS; DENTISTRY
- Publication
Ontario Dentist, 2006, Vol 83, Issue 3, p26
- ISSN
0300-5275
- Publication type
Article