[Clinical and histological evaluation of implantation of a microporous resin in periodontitis. Report of a case after 13 months].

Abstract

A patient with adult periodontitis was treated for a 2 and 3-walled intrabony lesion on tooth n degrees 27. After scaling and root planing, the defect was surgically exposed and filled with a micro-porous resin. Following healing, there was a reduction in pocket depth as a result of gingival recession and a gain in probing attachment levels. This was confirmed 13 months post-operatively by clinical observation on re-entry. A biopsy of the treated site was taken at that time and undecalcified sections were studied by light microscopy and microradiography. New bone formation was noted inside and on the surface of the resin granules and at a distance from the particles. From a clinical and histologic point of view, the material seemed to be well tolerated by the host.