Long‐Term Results of Guided Tissue Regeneration Therapy With Non‐Resorbable and Bioabsorbable Barriers. IV. A Case Series of Infrabony Defects After 10 Years

Abstract

CAL-V gain achieved 12 months after GTR therapy in infrabony defects using non-resorbable and bioabsorbable barriers was stable after 10 years in 12 of 16 defects.

Open flap debridement and guided tissue regeneration after 10 years in infrabony defects

“…PAL‐V was stable on average in both groups. The few studies that report on stability 10 years after GTR therapy observed moderate PAL‐V loss of <2.0 mm (Pretzl et al 2008, 2009). This is in accordance with the PAL‐V loss observed in this study 120 ± 12 months after therapy in both groups (OFD/GTR).…”

Infrabony defects 20 years after open flap debridement and guided tissue regeneration

“…Long‐term results after use of barrier membranes in the treatment of infrabony defects are available for follow‐up periods of 5 (Eickholz, Krigar, Kim, Reitmeir, & Rawlinson, ; Eickholz et al, ; Mengel, Schreiber, & Flores‐de‐Jacoby, ; Nickles et al, ; Sculean et al, ; Slotte, Asklow, & Lundgren, ) and 10 years (Cortellini, Carnevale, Sanz, & Tonetti, ; Cortellini & Tonetti, ; Pretzl, Kim, Holle, & Eickholz, ; Pretzl et al, ; Sculean et al, ). Longer follow‐ups of 20 years are only reported for a few regenerative methods (Cortellini, Buti, Pini Prato, & Tonetti, ; Pini Prato & Cortellini, ), but not for the use of bioabsorbable barrier membranes for periodontal regeneration.…”

Corticotomy-assisted decompensation for augmentation of the mandibular anterior ridge

“…The use of bone grafts combined with guided tissue regeneration can serve as a scaffold for clot formation and stabilization. 19 This clinical report describes novel techniques for adults undergoing accelerated osteogenic orthodontic treatment alone or combined with guided tissue regeneration to repair the osseous defect caused by mandibular anterior decompensation in Class III orthognathic patients. …”