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- Title
Videoscope Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (VMIS): 36-Month Results.
- Authors
Harrel, Stephen K.; Nunn, Martha E.; Abraham, Celeste M.; Rivera‐Hidalgo, Francisco; Shulman, Jay D.; Tunnell, John C.; Rivera-Hidalgo, Francisco
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Clinical outcomes from videoscope assisted minimally invasive surgery (VMIS) at 36 to 58 months are reported.<bold>Methods: </bold>Fourteen patients having sites with residual probing depth (PD) of at least 5 mm and 2 mm loss of clinical attachment level (CAL) after initial non-surgical therapy were treated with VMIS.<bold>Results: </bold>At 36 months or greater post-surgery there was a statistically significant improvement (P <0.001) in mean PD and CAL (PD: 3.80 ± 1.18 mm, CAL: 4.16 ± 1.18 mm) in all surgical sites compared with baseline. There was a mean improvement in soft tissue height (0.36 ± 0.64 mm, P = 0.03). In most cases, patients reported no postoperative discomfort.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Improvements from VMIS appear to be favorable when compared with previously reported results of periodontal regenerative surgery. All improvements were stable over time. The lack of post-surgical recession after VMIS has not been reported with traditional regenerative surgery.
- Subjects
VIDEOSCOPES; MINIMALLY invasive dentistry; CLINICAL attachment loss (Periodontal disease); OPERATIVE dentistry; DENTAL therapeutics
- Publication
Journal of Periodontology, 2017, Vol 88, Issue 6, p528
- ISSN
0022-3492
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1902/jop.2017.160705