Furcations Part 1 and 2 Flashcards
what are the goals of furcation therapy
- arrest the active disease
- prevent further loss of attachment
- regenerate lost periodontium
- prevent disease reocurrence
what are the objectives of furcation therapy
- access for home care
- access for maintenance
- establish physiologic bone and titssue architecture
what are the ways to classify furcations
- goldman- incipient or glickman - grade 1
what is goldman incipient or glickman grade 1
pocket formation into the flute of the furca but the inter radicular bone is intact
what is goldman cul de sac or glickman grade II
- can be shallow or deep
- loss of inter radicular bone with pocket formation of varying depths into the furca, but not completely through to the other side
what is goldman through and through or glickman grade III
complete loss of inter radicular bone with pocket formation allowing probe to pass completely to the other side
what is glickman grade IV
loss of attachment and gingival recession that has made the furcation clearly visible to clinical exam
what is Hamp (75)
classification of the horizontal component of furcation involvement
what is hamp degree 1
horizontal loss less than 3mm
what is hamp degree 2
horizontal loss greater than 3mm but not the total width of furcation area
what is hamp degree 3
through and through
what is tarnow classification
classification of the vertical component of furcation involvement
what is subclass A tarnow
vertical loss up to 1/3 of furca (1-3mm)
what is subclass B tarnow
vertical loss up to 2/3 of furca (4-6mm)
what is subclass C tarnow
vertical loss into the apical third (greater than 7mm)
what furcation involvement automatically places patient into stage III or stage IV periodontitis
grade/class II or grade/class III furcation
what are the 2 ways to dx by clinically probing the furcations
- standard straight probing with a straight probe only measures the vertical attachment loss and the extent of the horizontal loss will not be detected
- curved probing (nabers) with a curved probe will determine the horizontal attachment loss
what is the nabers probe used for
used to detect furcations
where are the furcation entrances for maxillary molar
- mesial furcation toward palatal 1/3 so probe from palatal
- distal furcation in mid 1/3 under contact point so probe from palatal or buccal
- buccal furcation from buccal