Comparison of a Bioabsorbable GTR Barrier to a Non-Absorbable Barrier in Treating Human Class II Furcation Defects. a Multi-Center Parallel Design Randomized Single-Blind Trial

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 667-675

  Garrett, Steven ^a   Polson, Alan M ^b   Stoller, Norman H ^c   Drisko, Connie L ^d   Caton, Jack G ^e   Harrold, Charles Q ^c   Bogle, Gary ^f   Greenwell, Henry ^d   Lowenguth, Roxanne A ^e   Duke, Susan P ^a   DeRouen, Timothy A ^g  

^a QLT Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Furcation surgery; Furcation therapy; Guided tissue regeneration; Membranes, artificial; Membranes, barrier; Multi center studies; Polylactic acid; Polytetrafluoroethylene therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; POLITEF; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ABSCESS; ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FURCATION DEFECTS; GINGIVAL RECESSION; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION, PERIODONTAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL ABSCESS; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; POLYMERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031182923     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1997.68.7.667     Document Type: Review

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