Occlusal therapy of secondary TFO teeth: two case reports and literature review

Abstract

Trauma from occlusion (TFO) is a common clinical sign of periodontitis. The relationship between TFO and periodontitis has been discussed for a century and it is still a controversial issue that TFO could cause periodontitis or not. In recent studies, more and more scholars believed TFO could not cause periodontitis directly but may accelerate the progression of this disease. Therefore, how to assess and manage about this kind of cases is important and remains challenge to clinicians. Due to limited of case series about TFO management, this article is aim to the cases with secondary TFO with management by non-surgical treatment and review literature about current management.