The present three-arm study compared the clinical and tomographic efficacy of the Entire Papilla Preservation Surgical Technique (EPPT) alone and combined with enamel matrix derivative (EMD) plus bone mineral derivedxenograph (BMDX), in the treatment of isolated, inter-dental intra-bony defects.
This randomized controlled clinical and tomographic study included 48 sites with isolated interdental intrabony defects, divided into three groups. Group 1 (control) received EPPT alone, Group 2 received EPPT with EMD, and Group 3 received EPPT with EMD and BMDX (Fix-Oss xenograft). Clinical parameters probing pocket depth (PPD), relative attachment level (RAL), gingival recession (GR), and papilla height-were recorded at baseline and 12 months. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was used to evaluate tomographic changes including defect width, CEJ-BD, CEJ-AC, X-ray INFRA and defect angle.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
58
Entire Papilla Preservation Surgical Technique (EPPT) alone and combined with enamel matrix derivative (EMD) plus bone mineral derived xenograph (BMDX)
Entire Papilla Preservation Surgical Technique (EPPT) alone
Entire Papilla Preservation Surgical Technique (EPPT) alone and combined with enamel matrix derivative (EMD)
Rungta College of Dental Sciences and Research
Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India
relative attachment level gain
measuring relative attachment level gain with UNC-15 probe
Time frame: 6 months
pocket depth change
measuring probing pocket depth changes
Time frame: 6 months
Tomographic defect width
measured defect width in CBCT
Time frame: 6 months
the distance between the cemento-enamel junction and the bottom of the defect
the distance between the cemento-enamel junction and the bottom of the defect
Time frame: 6 months
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