Studies examining human skulls have stated that the prevalence of intrabony defects around teeth ranged from 4.1%–9.4%,2,3 whereas radiographic assessments of an adult population in Sweden have found...

Dental practitioners will be aware that, following extraction, the alveolar ridge undergoes significant changes. The biological processes and dimensional changes that occur have been well studied....

The general dental practitioner, periodontist and orthodontist, and many others within the dental team, need to work closely, particularly for those orthodontic patients with a history of, or at risk...