Álvaro Benzinho
Multidisciplinary treatment of periodontitis patients. Orthodontics contribution
- Graduated in Dental Medicine at the Faculty of Dental Medicine from the University of Porto, in July 1989.
- Graduated in Orthodontics at the Gnathos Foundation on October 1994.
- Two-year post-graduation at the Roth-Williams Center for Functional Occlusion San Francisco CA USA in functional occlusion, completed in August 2000.
- Two-year post-graduation in the advanced course of Orthodontics held by Dr. Jorge Ayala and Dr. Gonzalo Gutiérrez in Santiago-Chile, completed in 2010.
Nationality: Portugal
Scientific areas: Periodontology
10 of november, from 10h00 until 11h30
Auditório D
Conference summary
In patients with severe periodontitis, the treatment should always follow a multidisciplinary approach. In this context, the orthodontic treatment is a crucial part of the corrective phase of the periodontal treatment as it aims to correct aesthetic and functional sequels of periodontal destruction; orthodontic correction of these sequels is the most conservative way to accomplish this aim.
In the presence of periodontal health, the orthodontic treatment can be successful even in cases of a very limited periodontal support, but these patients require continuous monitoring, because recurrence of periodontitis during orthodontic treatment creates an iatrogenic effect on the remaining periodontal support leading to need of the interruption of the forces and suspension of the treatment.
This presentation will focus on the different aspects of the relationship between orthodontics and periodontics, with a special emphasis on the correction of the aesthetic and functional sequels of advanced periodontitis. Several cases will be presented and discussed, illustrating the complementarity between the two areas of dental medicine.