Dental Health: Current ResearchISSN: 2470-0886

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Ntolou P Author

panagiwtadolou@yahoo.gr

Subjects of specialization
Periodontology

Affiliation
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Athens, Greece.

Biography

Dr. Panagiota Ntolou, is currently working in the department of  Periodontology, in the University of Athens, Greece. Dr. Panagiota Ntolou areas of research interests include Periodontology, Dental health etc., and she is a Student at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Publications

Review Article Open Access

Prognosis of Furcation Involved Teeth: Cost-Effectiveness over Implant Placement

Author(s):

Ntolou P, Prevezanos I and Karoussis IK

Prognosis of Furcation Involved Teeth: Cost-Effectiveness over Implant Placement

The severe intrusion of dental implants in everyday clinical practice tends to replace conservative therapeutic approaches of maintaining teeth with dubious prognosis. Furcation-involved (FI) molars pose a great dilemma to the clinician, as in most cases their treatment requires significant effort using surgical interventions as well. Prognosis for multi-rooted is usually worse than single-rooted teeth and additionally, furcation degree III is associated with significantly increased rates of tooth loss. However, clinical studies have shown that retention of teeth with poor prognosis have little effect on the proximal bone loss around adjacent teeth and possibly can be maintained... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2470-0886.1000121

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