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On-line version ISSN 1560-4381
Abstract
BAEZ MATOS, Clara Luz; REGO BOHAN, Edelmira de Jesús; PEREZ ROMERO, Isabel and HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, Anna. Presentation of a Patient with Regeneration of Periodontal Bone Defects and Platelet-Rich Plasma. ccm [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.3, pp. 605-612. ISSN 1560-4381.
Periodontitis involve clinical attachment loss and bone destruction visible on radiographs. They are considered the most common diseases among those affecting the periodontal insertion. Its prevalence increases with age up to about 80% at 50 years. In order to demonstrate the periodontal bone regeneration with platelet-rich plasma, a patient of 19 years old who came for dental care, which was diagnosed as a periodontitis in young people. The author concluded that the platelet-rich plasma is a valid possibility to regenerate or reconstruct the bone tissue
Keywords : platelet-rich plasma; juvenile periodontitis; periodontal pockets.