BDS · Periodontology · TOPIC 07 Periodontal Therapy Non-surgical first, surgical only when it has to be — the staged plan that gets a periodontal patient back to stability The 2017 classification told us how to label periodontitis; therapy is how to arrest it . The defining principle of modern periodontal treatment is staging — never start with surgery. Phase I cause-related therapy (oral hygiene, scaling and root planing, risk-factor control) resolves the majority of pockets up to 5 mm; surgery exists only for sites that fail to respond, and the goal of every flap is be…
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