Open AccessA comparative evaluation of freeze-dried bone allograft with and without bioabsorbable guided tissue regeneration membrane Healiguide®in the treatment of Grade II furcation defects: A clinical study
Author(s) -
Deept Jain,
D Deepa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.162198
Subject(s) - furcation defect , medicine , dentistry , reduction (mathematics) , hard tissue , significant difference , clinical efficacy , surgery , molar , geometry , mathematics
Furcation defects represent one of the most demanding therapeutic challenges for periodontal therapy. Various treatment modalities have been tried with different success rates. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of freeze-dried bone allograft (FDBA) with and without bioabsorbable guided tissue regeneration (GTR) membrane Healiguide(®) in the treatment of Grade II furcation defects.