Faculty in the department of surgical specialties (below) collaborated to study effects of enamel matrix derivative on clinical and inflammatory outcomes in periodontal maintenance patients. Their work was published in the Journal of Periodontology.
Background: Efficient methods to treat persistent pockets during periodontal maintenance therapy (PMT) require further investigation. The hypothesis of their randomized controlled clinical trial was that local application of enamel matrix derivative (EMD) added to papilla reflection/root preparation (PR/RP) could enhance clinical and inflammatory outcomes, primarily clinical attachment level (CAL).
See methods, results and conclusion in full article, "Effects of enamel matrix derivative on clinical and inflammatory outcomes in periodontal maintenance patients: Randomized controlled clinical trial."
Kaeli K. Samson, MA, MPH, a statistician in the UNMC College of Public Health, also worked on this project.