Periodontal regeneration using an enamel matrix protein - ROS - 2002 - Tome 31 - N°1

One of the aims of periodontal treatment is the regeneration of tissues destroyed following the infectious process. Treatment by guided tissue regeneration with the help of membranes allows for a selective recolonisation of the root by periodontal ligament cells. It, therefore, became possible to regenerate the attachment and alveolar bone lost through periodontal disease. For the past years, a new treatment modality is based on the molecular events that regulate the tissue development during radicular edification. Enamel matrix proteins synthetized by the epithelial root sheath cells during the root formation induce cellular interactions in view of cementum formation and then attachment apparatus formation. It seems interesting in periodontology to lead in this way the healing process during our treatments towards a new cementum formation as a new functional attachment and a new bone. It is then a tissue regeneration induced by enamel matrix proteins (Emdogain®`, Phamadent)