Dr. Richard H Shanaman DDS
Periodontist | Periodontics
1719 Penn Ave Reading PA, 19609Rating
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Dr. Richard Shanaman practices Periodontics in Reading, PA. A periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease, and in the placement of dental implants. Dr. Shanaman has expertise in the treatment of oral inflammation and often treats problematic periodontal cases, such as those with severe gum disease or a complex medical history. Some treatments that Dr. Shanaman provides are scaling and root planing and root surface debridement.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The use of guided tissue regeneration to facilitate ideal prosthetic placement of implants.
- A retrospective study of 237 sites treated consecutively with guided tissue regeneration.
- Gingival augmentation using guided tissue regeneration: two case reports.
- Translating clinical outcomes to patient value: an evidence-based treatment approach.
- Bone regeneration for select root-form implant sites.
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