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Assessment of tooth mobility in systemically healthy patients with chronic periodontitis - an institutional based retrospective study
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RINIESHAH NAIR R. BASKRAN, BALAJI GANESH S
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Tooth mobility is the degree of looseness of the tooth. It is a measurement of horizontal and vertical tooth
displacement in a socket. It can either be physiological or pathological. Tooth mobility occurs in initial stages and
secondary stages. It can be evaluated by applying direct pressure on the tooth with finger and the back of an
instrument. It can either be treated by splinting or extraction. The aim of this retrospective study is to assess
the tooth mobility among systemically healthy patients with chronic periodontitis. Data collection was done in a
university setting. 322 cases were reviewed from the time period of June 2019 to March 2020. Excel tabulation
and SPSS version 22 was used for data analysis. More number of males (60.24%) had periodontal disease with
tooth mobility, compared to females (39.75%). Maxillary molars (26.71%) are the most affected site followed by
mandibular molars (20.50%) and maxillary anteriors (2.80%) which is the lowest. The association between age
and gender with periodontal diseases was statistically significant (p?0.05). The association between age and
gender with grades of tooth mobility were analysed, also the association between tooth mobility and tooth site
was evaluated, both of which were statistically not significant (p> 0.05). Within the limits of this study, it can be
concluded that in systemically healthy patients, generalised chronic periodontitis was most commonly seen in
the age group of 61-80 years, with more prevalence of disease in male patients. Grade 3 mobility was most
commonly seen among patients between 61-80 years of age and grade 3 mobility was most commonly seen
among male patients. The most affected site with grade 3 mobility was the maxillary molar region.
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Age; Generalised chronic periodontitis; Localised chronic periodontitis; Tooth mobility; Mandibular region; Maxillary region
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.206
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