Question 213 · LDEK · Surgical and regenerative treatment
Which of these is the strongest indication for regenerative surgical treatment of periodontitis?
- A. gingival pocket with baseline pre-treatment parameters of positive BoP, PD 10 mm, CAL 8 mm.
- B. bone craters.
- C. intrabony supportive defects of an appropriate depth and radiographic angle.
- D. suprabony defects in the course of IIIB periodontitis.
- E. IIIB furcation defects in the mandible.
Hint
Regenerative materials need bony walls to contain the clot; recall the EFP S3 criteria for defect depth and radiographic angle.
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