Impact of MINST With and Without Splinting in Periodontitis Patients With Mobile Anterior Teeth

Launched by POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES ROHTAK · May 24, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

The increased mobility of a periodontally affected tooth can be caused by a shift of centre of rotation of the tooth apically due to clinical attachment loss (CAL) and alveolar bone loss (ABL) and/or due to secondary occlusal trauma.

Tooth splinting continues to be a topic of controversy. It remains one of the most poorly understood and controversial areas of dental therapy.

Minimally invasive non-surgical periodontal therapy (MINST) has been introduced for minimizing tissue trauma and enhancing clinical outcomes by the adjunctive use of magnification devices .

This study aims to compare...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Inclusion criteria at the patient level: systemically healthy patient with presence of stage III or IV periodontitis, age ≥ 18 years.
• • Tooth-related inclusion criteria: presence of at least one anterior tooth with mobility in combination with a clinical attachment loss (CAL) ≥ 5 mm and a relative alveolar bone loss (ABL) of ≥ 50% at the affected tooth.
• • Dentition with at least 3 antagonistic contact zones opposing posterior teeth, that is Eichner Class A1, A2, A3, B1
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with anterior cross bite
• • Bruxism or signs of parafunction
• • Implant in Anterior teeth
• • Any active periodontal therapy in last 1 year
• • Mobility of teeth due to acute trauma
• • Pulpal or periapical pathology in anterior teeth
• • Patient requiring any emergency dental procedure
• • Patient on antibiotic therapy in last 1 month
• • If patient want to undergo surgical treatment for management of periodontitis.

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