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Suggest Whether GTR Or Osteoplasty Is Better To Close Pocket In Tooth

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...I have been told that I need either GTR or osteoplasty(which I believe is bone grafting to close a pocket around tooth 18.I have yet to do a formal consult with a periodontis. Do suggest one method over the other?
Tue, 26 Aug 2014
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Hello, thank you for consulting with healthcaremagic.
Actually these are procedures of bone grafting only, in which the gums of the tooth which has pocket are raised by surgery and a bone graft is placed between tooth and gums and then again gums are repositioned back . By this technique bone is formed again and pocket is healed.
So nothing to worry you should go for the procedure.
Hope it will help you.
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Suggest Whether GTR Or Osteoplasty Is Better To Close Pocket In Tooth

Hello, thank you for consulting with healthcaremagic. Actually these are procedures of bone grafting only, in which the gums of the tooth which has pocket are raised by surgery and a bone graft is placed between tooth and gums and then again gums are repositioned back . By this technique bone is formed again and pocket is healed. So nothing to worry you should go for the procedure. Hope it will help you.