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Intraoral cancellous bone autografts in the treatment of infrabony pockets
Author(s) -
Carrako Juan J.,
Sznajder Norma,
Alonso Carlos A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1976.tb01856.x
Subject(s) - dentistry , medicine , orthodontics , cancellous bone , gingival and periodontal pocket , periodontal disease , surgery
One hundred infrabony pockets with one‐ and two‐wall bony defects were treated for reattachment. Mucoperiosteal flaps were raised, the tooth surfaces were scaled and planed, and the defects curetted. Flaps were sutured tightly and the sites protected with a surgical dressing. Antibiotic coverage was used in each case. Pre‐ and postoperative measurements were taken by the same clinician from the cemento‐enamel junction to the base of the pocket. In 56 defects cancellous bone from the same patient was placed in the defect, and in 44 defects the treatment consisted only of open curettage without bone grafts. The results showed a trend towards more favourable clinical results using bone grafts; especially in the two‐wall bony defects.