Radiographic characteristics of furcation involvements in mandibular molars as prognostic indicators of healing after nonsurgical periodontal therapy

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-440

  Vale, Hugo Felipe Do ^a   Del Peloso Ribeiro, Érica ^b   Bittencourt, Sandro ^b   Nociti Jr , Francisco H ^a   Sallum, Enilson A ^a   Casati, Márcio Zaffalon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Perinatology Institute of Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental radiography; Furcation defects; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FURCATION DEFECTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PROGNOSIS; ROOT PLANING; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 64749099402     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0192     Document Type: Article

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