Analysis of Periodontal Splinting Done in Patients Visiting a Private Dental Institution

Abstract

The principle of tooth luxation splinting have been changed since animal and human tests conducted in the early 1970s showed that masticatory stimulus promotes healing of luxated teeth and normally exerted occlusal forces are able to prevent and eliminate resorption cavities on the root surface. It has also been shown that fixation of only one week is enough to achieve the clinical healing of repositioned teeth. Apart from esthetic and hygienic components, present-day demands on tooth fixation techniques also include ease of construction and removal and the use of devices which allow slight movement of the fixed teeth. The study has an institutional study which was conducted in a private institution. The sample size for this study taken was 243 patients. Data regarding all the cases completed between June 2019 to March 2020 were retrieved from the case records of a private dental institution. Data that was retrieved were cross-verified by two reviewers. Data evaluation was done by assessing dental records of various wire and composite splinting done . The data collected was analysed using a Chi-square test, the data was tabulated in excel and the statistics were done in SPSS V20.  In medically compromised patients, in patients with hypertension, the most common type of splinting includes provisional followed by temporary and permanent.  In systemically healthy patients, most common type of splinting include provisional followed by temporary and  permanent splinting, which was most commonly done for the lower anteriors. The most common type of splinting done was found to be provisional splinting  done for both medically compromised and systemically healthy patients, which used to stabilise the lower anteriors.