PERIODONTAL REGENERATION WITH OSSEOUS GRAFTS: A REVIEW

Modern periodontics strives on the maintenance of teeth and their supporting structures in the prime of their health. Most periodontal practices focus on prevention of disease, initial therapy and corrective surgical treatment to eliminate deep periodontal pockets. However, restoring supporting tissues to their healthy level is a critical area that offers a much more appealing and in fact a more desired outcome for the patients. Over the last decades different modalities of regenerative treatments have been developed and applied clinically. One such treatment is use of osseous grafts, this article discusses the various types of osseous grafts, their mechanism and advances in regenerative periodontal therapy.