Epidemiology of periodontal status in dentate adults in France, 2002-2003.

Background And Objective: Few recent nationwide studies of the periodontal landscape in European countries have been developed from the point of view of attachment loss and pocket depth. Decision makers are not always in a position to estimate the burden of periodontal disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and the oral distribution of periodontal status among dentate adults in the general population of France.

Type 2 diabetes and periodontal indicators: epidemiology in France 2002-2003.

Background And Objective: Diabetes and periodontal disease have been associated in the literature. In the present study, the periodontal heath of noninsulin-dependent diabetic adults was compared with that of a general population of nondiabetic patients.

Material And Methods: In France, 2144 adults (age: 35-65 years) were examined for life habits (tobacco, alcohol), biological diagnosis (type II diabetes, arterial hypertension), biometry (weight, size) and biochemistry.

Risk assessment for severe clinical attachment loss in an adult population.

Background: This study was carried out to identify variables related to severe clinical attachment loss (CAL) in an adult French population.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey employed 2,132 subjects of the First National Periodontal and Systemic Examination Survey (NPASES I) aged 35 to 64 years, each with at least six teeth. A nationally representative sample was obtained from September 2002 to June 2003 by a quota method stratified on age, gender, socioeconomic status, and geographic areas.

Conditions for success in guided bone regeneration: retrospective study on 376 implant sites.

Background: Used alone or in association with bone, guided bone regeneration is a clinically accepted method to increase the volume of bone during implant placement. Concerns about appropriate surgical techniques and the predictability of the results questions still exist. The aim of this study was to assess the conditions for success.

Clinical evaluation of a bioabsorbable regenerative material in mandibular class II furcation therapy.

30 periodontally compromised adult subjects with mandibular buccal class II furcation defects were recruited for this study. All selected defects were treated according to the biological principles of guided tissue regeneration. The subjects were randomly assigned to 2 parallel groups.