25. Prevalence of Pathologic Tooth Migration in Patients with Periodontitis
Fareedullah Shan, Muhammad Naeem and Raham Zaman
ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of pathologic tooth migration in patients with periodontitis.
Study Design: Descriptive / cross sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Bacha Khan Medical Complex, Dental Department, Mardan from January 2018 to September 2018.
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 102 patients. Patients having age from 10 to 70 years, both genders, having chronic or aggressive periodontitis, no medical conditions affecting periodontium were included. Patients with smoking, oral breathing, bruxism, and gingivitis were excluded. Both chronic and aggressive Periodontitis was diagnosed on the basis of clinical examination according to the 1999 American academy of periodontology classification. Data were analyzed by SPP version 20. Descriptive statistics were computed. Chi-square test was applied to compare the frequency of pathologic tooth migration (PTM) among genders, age groups, educational levels and type of periodontitis. P<0.05 was considered significant.
Results: The males (n=70, 68.6%) were more than females (n=32, 31.4%). The mean age was 37.58±13.34 years.Of whole sample (n=102), the patients affected by chronic localized periodontitis were in highest number (n=72, 70.59%) followed by chronic generalized periodontitis (n=20, 19.61%). The least frequency was found for aggressive periodontitis (n=10, 9.8%). The prevalence of pathologic tooth migration was 32.4%(n=33). The most common features of PTM was ‘flaring and spacing’ (n=22, 21.6%), followed by ‘flaring, spacing and rotation’(n=8, 7.8%) and least was ‘flaring, spacing , rotation and extrusion’ (n=4, 3.9%).
Conclusion: Our findings showed that prevalence of pathologic tooth migration was 32.4% in patients having periodontitis. PTM was more in aggressive periodontitis and in old ages.
Key Words: Pathologic tooth migration, periodontitis, aggressive periodontitis
Citation of articles: Shan F, Naeem M, Zaman R. Prevalence of Pathologic Tooth Migration in Patients with Periodontitis. Med Forum 2019;30(5):96-99.