W7 - Flap Surgery Part II - Sharma Flashcards
T/F - Teeth with furcation involvement respond more favourably to non-surgical periodontal therapy
False
- Teeth with furcation respond less favourably and have reduced prognosis
What are the two surgical treatment options (big picture) for furcation involved teeth
Resective surgery
Regenerative surgery
What are the two types of resective surgery offered to furcation involved pts
Furcation plasty
Hemi-section / root resection / bicuspidization
3 Grades of furcation involvement
Grade I - Incipient, catch
Grade II - Bone loss, not through and through, “cul de sac”
Grade III - bone loss through and through
What affects the perio pocket in a furcation lesion (anatomy) (3)
- Anatomy of the soft tissue (thick, thin?)
- Bone - horizontal or angular loss
- Inter-radicular tooth anatomy
What does a furcation plasty involve? What is the purpose/outcome?
Odontoplasty
Osteoplasty
Gingivoplasty
Purpose is to improve access for pt to clean
Technique of furcation plasty
- Flap to access inter-radicular area
- Odontoplasty to widen furcation entrance
- Osteoplasty to reduce intra-bony defect and decrease thickness of the bone
- Position the flap at the level of the alveolar bone crest
Why should aggressive odontoplasty for furcation plasty be avoided on vital teeth?
Risk of hypersensitivity
Furcation plasty
- non surgical therapy did not help
- Exposed the furcation for better cleaning
What is a tunnel preparation? Purpose?
Exposing / clearing the furcation in deep grade II and III FI teeth
- Md molars only - mx molars will have palatal root in the way
- Allows for easier cleaning
- Delays the need for extraction
What is the rationale behind hemi-section, root-resection and bicuspidization?
Complete elimination of the furcation defect
- Multidisciplinary approach (endo and restorative)
- Endo usually done before surgery
What is going on here?
Hemi section
- Sectioning of tooth into two and removing half of it
- Remove the root where endo has failed
- Typically mesially half is extracted
What is a root resection?
Removal of one or two roots
- only done in the mx teeth
Technique of root resection and hemisection
- Create mucoperiosteal flap to expose furcation
- Sectioning of root or tooth with straight line cut
- Careful removal of root (root resection) or tooth section (hemisection)
- Re-positioning of the flaps at bone crest level
Outcome of root resection / hemisection
Remaining root(s) have improved/adequate bone support
Good prognosis if endo therapy and occlusion is sound
Why do root rections / hemisections most often fail?
Failures are usually due to endo complications and/or occlusion issues
- Not usually due to periodontal complications