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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Daniel Andrew Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Kelly Brook Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Daniel Andrew Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Kelly Brook Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes biodegradable stents and methods for selectively guided tissue regeneration in treating a periodontal defect adjacent to a root of a tooth. The biodegradable stents and methods have a coronal portion and a transverse portion or shelf, which reduce unwanted migration of gingival epithelium, gingival connective tissue, and soft tissue and enable the cementum and periodontal ligament cells to re-establish the periodontal ligament in a proper sequence resulting in a new periodontal attachment.