Bone regeneration surgery for lower molar gum disease
Part of Mouth & dental clinical trials.
This study looks at the shape of lower molar teeth with a certain type of gum disease and tests a surgical treatment to help regrow the bone around those teeth. If you have advanced gum disease and a lower molar with a specific type of bone loss, this treatment might help save the tooth.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be at least 18 years old and have signed a consent form.
- You need to have stage III or stage IV periodontitis (advanced gum disease).
- You should have already completed a non-surgical gum treatment and have good oral hygiene (low plaque and bleeding scores).
- You must have at least one lower molar with a specific type of bone loss (Hamp class II furcation), which means the bone loss is more than 3 mm but has not gone completely through.
- That tooth must have deep gum pockets (at least 5 mm), some attachment loss (at least 3 mm), and not be too loose (within grade I mobility).
- You cannot be a current smoker or have quit within the last 6 months, and you must not be pregnant or breastfeeding.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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