ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Subsiding of Periodontitis in the Permanent Dentition in Individuals with Papillon-Lefèvre Syndrome through Specific Periodontal Treatment: A Systematic Review.
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- Oral Diseases as a Manifestation of Inborn Errors of Immunity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome (PLS) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis (PPK) and periodontitis in the primary and permanent dentition, usually resulting in edentulism in youth. Subsiding of PLS-associated periodontitis through specific therapy has occasionally been reported. We aimed to systematically assess periodontal treatment strategies that may decelerate disease progression. A systematic literature search was conducted at PubMed/LIVIVO/Ovid (Prospero registration number CRD42021223253). Clinical studies describing periodontal treatment success-defined as loss of ≤four permanent teeth because of periodontitis and the arrest of periodontitis or probing depths ≤ 5 mm-in individuals with PLS followed up for ≥24 months. Out of the 444 primarily identified studies, 12 studies reporting nine individuals were included. The timely extraction of affected or, alternatively, all primary teeth, compliance with oral hygiene instructions, supra- and subgingival debridement within frequent supportive periodontal care intervals, and-in eight patients-adjunctive systemic antibiotic therapy (mostly amoxicillin/metronidazole) effected a halt in disease progression. The suppression of
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