Clinical Evaluation of the Treatment of Class II Furcation Involvements with Bioabsorbable Barriers Alone or Associated with Demineralized Freeze-Dried Bone Allografts

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-12

  De Leonardis, Dario ^a,d   Garg, A K ^d   Pedrazzoli, V ^d   Pecora, G E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bone, demineralized; Bone, freeze dried; Furcation surgery; Grafts, bone; Guided tissue regeneration; Membranes, artificial; Membranes, barrier; Polylactic acid therapeutic use; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DECALCIFICATION TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; FURCATION DEFECTS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION, PERIODONTAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; POLYMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032608718     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1999.70.1.8     Document Type: Article

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