Browsing by Subject "Gingiva"

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    • Digital scanning is more accurate than using a periodontal probe to measure the keratinized tissue width 
      Lee, Jung-Seok; Jeon, Yoon-Sun; Strauss Avendaño, Franz; Jung, Hoi-In; Gruber, Reinhard (Nature, 2020)
      This study aimed to compare the accuracy and reliability of digital versus conventional clinical measurements of the width of keratinized tissue. To this end, the keratinized tissue width was measured at 110 tooth sites ...
    • The IL-17/Th17 Axis as a Therapeutic Target in Periodontitis 
      Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Abusleme Ramos, Loreto Andrea; Moutsopoulos, Niki (Springer, 2020)
      The Th17/IL-17 axis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases including psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and periodontitis. Indeed, in periodontitis, recent studies have further ...