We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Comparison of periodontal splinting by wiring and capping.
- Authors
Gupta, Rani Kumari; Singh, Purushottam
- Abstract
Background: The loss of a single anterior tooth may be a catastrophic event for a patient. In advanced periodontal disease such a loss is unfortunately often accompanied by adjacent tooth mobility due to severe bone loss.Hence; the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing periodontal splinting by wiring and capping. Materials & methods: A total of 30 patients were enrolled in the present study. Only those patients were included in which tooth mobility was present. Miller's mobility index (MMI) was sued for grading the pre-splinting tooth mobility. Mobility was graded from grade 0 to grade 3. All the patients had grade 3 mobility at pre-treatment time. Out of 30 patients, in 15 patients, splinting was done by wiring while in the remaining 15 patients, periodontal splinting was done with capping. Assessment of mobility was done after 8 months of splinting treatment. Results: Among the patients of the wiring group posttreatment, 8 patient and 5 patients were of grade 2 and grade 1 of Miller's mobility index while the remaining 2 patients were of grade 3.Among the patients of the capping group post-treatment, 11 patient and 3 patients were of grade 2 and grade 1 of Miller's mobility index while the remaining 1 patient was of grade 3. Non-significant results were obtained while comparing the mobility post-treatment among the patients of the two study groups. Conclusion: Both wiring and capping can be used for treating patients with higher degree of tooth mobility.
- Subjects
PERIODONTAL splints; TOOTH mobility; INCISORS; PERIODONTAL disease; BONES; PERIODONTIUM
- Publication
International Journal of Community Health & Medical Research, 2019, Vol 5, Issue 4, p80
- ISSN
2581-5040
- Publication type
Article