the term New attachment is used when this joining of tissues (epithelial and/or connective) is produced on an area of the

radicular surface previously affected by periodont itis, and where no viable periodontal tissue remained. Reattachment is the attachment between two parts of previously separated tissue, whether due to periodontal injury or to the destructive process of periodontitis . "Reconstructive osseous surgery in periodontics is defined as different periodon tal surgical procedures directed at restoring bone, periodontal ligament and cementum to their original levels once damaged by periodontal disease."