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Methods of Altering Crestal Levels: Clinical Case Reports
Author(s) -
Langer Burton,
Wagenberg Barry D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1979.50.10.520
Subject(s) - periodontology , white (mutation) , medicine , library science , dentistry , family medicine , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Selected cases have been presented using different techniques to alter crestal levels. Self Regeneration or Autogenous bone grafts have been most successful in cases of three-wall and two-wall infrabony lesions. When a hemiseptal lesion occurs on the mesial of a tooth an uprighting procedure can be accomplished. When there is an adjacent tooth a forced eruption technique using orthodontic forces can be used. A surgical elevation technique has been presented which also has shown positive changes in bony topography.