2 - Step 3 Flashcards

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What is the aim of step 3?

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  • treat areas of dentition that are not responding to step 2 therapy
  • gaining further access for sub gingival instrumentation, regenerating or resecting lesions
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What are the step 3 options?

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  • treatment adjuncts
  • access surgery
  • regenerative options
  • furcation treatment options
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What are examples of local adjuncts?

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  • local antimicrobials
  • periochip
  • dentomycin
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What is periochip?

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  • biodegradable gelatin matrix with chlorhexidine
  • inserted into pocket following PMPR
  • suitable in angular defects or furcations
  • chlorhexidine is released slowly over 7 days
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Is periochip effective?

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  • shown to have short term improvements in probing depth
  • improvements are small and no significant differences in CAL
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What is dentomycin?

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  • 2% minocycline gel
  • syringed into pocket following PMPR
  • 3-4 applications every 2 weeks
  • treatment not repeated within 6 months
  • reduces bacterial load in pocket
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Is dentomycin effective?

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  • shown to have short term improvements in probing depth and CAL
  • long term benefits not proven
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What are examples of systemic adjuncts?

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  • systemic antibiotics
  • host modulation therapy
    • sub-antimicrobial dose doxycycline
  • statins, bisphophonates, probiotics, NSAID
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systemic antimicrobials cons

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  • antibiotic stewardship - bacteria resistance
  • side effects - GI disturbance (alteration of gut microbiome)
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What is an example of the indication for systemic adjuncts?

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Periodontitis grade C in younger patients

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What is periostat?

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  • sub-antimicrobial dose doxycycline
  • no association with antimicrobial resistance
  • host modulation therapy of collagenase
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Is periostat effective?

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Significant improvements to patient outcomes versus PMPR alone

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13
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When is periodontal surgery indicated?

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  • non-responding sites where good quality PMPR has been carried out
  • periodontal pocketing of >/= 6mm
  • suitable patient with suitable tooth and defect factors
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14
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What consent is required for periodontal surgery?

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  • reason for providing treatment
  • options available including no treatment
  • consequences of no treatment
  • nature of procedure
  • post-op complications
  • post-op maintenance
  • cost
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What post-op complications & risks are associated with periodontal surgery?

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  • pain, swelling, bruising, bleeding, infection
  • potential time off work
  • failure to resolve
  • tooth mobility
  • tooth non-vitality
  • recession
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what factor to consider in MH for periodontal surgery

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  • smoking (impaired wound healing/ response)
  • unstable angina/ uncontrolled hypertension / MI or stroke within 6 mo
  • poorly controlled diabetes
  • immunocompromised
  • anticoagulants
    • DOAC
    • vit K antagonist
    • antiplatelet
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what factor to consider of the tooth for periodontal surgery

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  • access
  • shape of defect
  • tilting
  • ridges/ root grooves
  • overeruption
  • enamel pearls
  • proximity to adjacent tooth
18
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What is access surgery?

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  • access to areas of continued inflammation or infection
  • areas of PPD >/= 6mm
  • allow for surgical debridement
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What are the steps of access surgery?

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  • examination and identification of deep non-responding site despite good OH
  • full thickness flap raised
  • defect granulation tissue removed, root surface curettage
  • suture with primary closure (monofilament)
  • SPT
20
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How does access surgery heal pockets?

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  • heals by repair, not by regeneration
  • long junctional epithelial reattachment to root surface
21
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What are the indications for regenerative surgery?

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  • infrabony / angular defects 3mm or deeper on radiograph
  • class 2 or 3 furcation defect
22
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What is GTR?

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  • guided tissue regeneration
  • barrier membrane and bone-derived grafts
  • prevents rapidly proliferating gingival epithelium / con tis entering bone defect
  • to allow osteogenesis and PDL regeneration (slower)
  • are used to create scaffold for vascularisation and cell ingrowth from base of defect
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What is EMD?

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  • enamel matrix derivative (emdogain)
  • derived from porcine tooth germ
  • injected into defect, forms matrix on root that mediates production of cementum
  • induces regeneration of functional attachment
  • suitable in narrow defects, so does not wash away
24
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Why are furcation lesions treated?

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  • resonable survival rates - class 2 furcations survive much better than class 3 (class 1 respond to PMPR)
  • tooth retention is more cost effective than extraction and prosthesis
  • patients prefer to retain their own teeth
25
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What are the treatment options for furcation surgery?

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  • regenerative surgery
  • root resection
  • root separation
  • tunnelling
26
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What furcations are amenable to regenerative surgery?

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  • mandibular class 2
  • maxillary class 2 (buccal)
  • maxillary class 2 (interdental)
27
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What furcations are amenable to root resection or separation surgery?

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  • class 3 lesions
  • multiple class 2 lesions in same tooth
  • teeth should be endodontically treated,
  • remaining root not mobile and remaining structure restorable
  • roots cannot be fused
  • pt motivated / good OH
28
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What furcations are amenable to tunnelling?

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Mandibular class 3 lesions

29
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What is tunnelling?

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Bone and soft tissue recontoured to allow insertion of interdental brush

30
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What risks are associated with tunnelling?

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  • root hypersensitivity
  • root caries