Rebuilding the tooth-supporting structures with enamel matrix proteins

Rebuilding the tooth-supporting apparatus – root cementum, fibre bundles and bone – can be encouraged with enamel matrix proteins. These enable the human body to restore the natural supporting apparatus by imitating the processes that take place while a tooth is developing. Regeneration of the entire supporting apparatus begins immediately after treatment with enamel matrix proteins and continues over a longer period. In some cases this tissue-building process lasts more than a year.

Enamel matrix proteins are scientifically documented products. They have been used worldwide in more than one million patients. Alongside the aim of periodontal therapy – eliminating the infection of the supporting apparatus – regenerative periodontal therapy aims to restore the complete apparatus with all three of its tissues: root cementum, ligament and bone. Ideally the recovered tissues should match the original ones in form and function.

Using regenerative methods such as enamel matrix proteins avoids the formation of scar and connective tissue, which would worsen the prognosis for the previously diseased teeth.