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Alexandrina Lizica Dumitrescu1, Silvia Teslaru, Veronica Mocanu
1Facultatea de Medicină Dentară, Disciplina de Parodontologie, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie C. Davilla Bucureşti.
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Dental caries and restorations in proximal tooth surfaces often impinge upon the periodontal biological health.This study examines whether these factors may contribute to risk for alveolar bone loss.
Methods:
Approximal tooth surfaces of 96 teeth in 40 patients were evaluated on panoramic radiographs for alveolar bone loss, restorations and caries.
Results:
Higher values of alveolar bone loss were observed in molars and on the right side of patients. Where a caries/restorative event had occurred in the inter-proximal tooth surface bone loss at the corresponding teeth was approximately twice more than in the omologous non-treated tooth. Increased number of furcations was also observed in molars with caries/restorations.
Conclusions:
Site-specific periodontal bone loss due to dental caries or restorative events occurs in adults.
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