Abstract

PENA RUIZ, Tatiana; MARTINEZ BRITO, Isabel  and  DELGADO RAMOS, Ariel. Orthoperiodontal integrated treatment in juvenile periodontitis: A case report. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2007, vol.44, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

Juvenile periodontitis is a term used to include different types of periodontitis affecting healthy young individuals. This entity affects persons on the second decade of life, and it has been divided into 2 forms: the localized and the generalized. The case of a 13-year-old black female student of choral singing, who had been under orthodontia treatment for a year and a half, and that after having the fixed appliances abandoned the follow-up, was presented. On the physical examination, it was detected a lesion of the marginal and papillary distribution with loss of gingival morphology, hardelastic consistency, fibroedematous aspect and dark pink colour with isolated melanic stains, gingivorrhagia, pain and mobility in the anterosuperior teeth, and in a less scale in the anteroinferior, periodontal pockets of up to 8 mm, and horizontal and vertical bone losses localized in superior and inferior incisors and in the first permanent molars, confirmed in the X-rays. The indicated treatment and the evolution of the case by imaging follow-up was presented.

Keywords : Juvenile periodontitis; subgingival microbiota.

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