Periodontic specialty

Known as: Periodontal Medicine, Medicine, Periodontal, periodontology 
A dental specialty concerned with the histology, physiology, and pathology of the tissues that support, attach, and surround the teeth.
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Clinical periodontology and implant dentistry
  • Thorkild Karring, Niklaus P. Lang, Jan Lindhe
  • 2015
 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Update of the case definitions for population-based surveillance of periodontitis.
BACKGROUND This report adds a new definition for mild periodontitis that allows for better descriptions of the overall prevalence… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The American Journal of Cardiology and Journal of Periodontology Editors' Consensus: periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
 
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Peri-implant diseases: Consensus Report of the Sixth European Workshop on Periodontology.
Issues related to peri-implant disease were discussed. It was observed that the most common lesions that occur, i.e. peri-implant… (More)
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Review
2006
Review
2006
New insights into and novel applications for platelet-rich fibrin therapies.
The therapeutic use of autologous platelet-rich plasma constitutes a relatively new biotechnology that has been a breakthrough in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Advances in the progression of periodontitis and proposal of definitions of a periodontitis case and disease progression for use in risk factor research. Group C consensus report of the 5th European…
 
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Osseous response following resective therapy with piezosurgery.
A piezoelectric instrument vibrating in the ultrasonic frequency range was investigated for its potential use in periodontal… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Inducible expression of human beta-defensin 2 by Fusobacterium nucleatum in oral epithelial cells: multiple signaling pathways and role of commensal bacteria in innate immunity and the epithelial…
Human gingival epithelial cells (HGE) express two antimicrobial peptides of the beta-defensin family, human beta-defensin 1 (hBD… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Failure of endodontically treated teeth: classification and evaluation.
All endodontically treated teeth that were extracted over a 1-yr period in a busy group practice were evaluated for cause of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Long-term effect of surgical/non-surgical treatment of periodontal disease.
The present investigation describes the effect of periodontal therapy in a group of patients who, following active treatment… (More)
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