Compraistion of Blood Oxygen Saturation in Healthy Anterior Teeth with Ear

Abstract

Introduction: Neural based tests response have some limitations. In this years pulse oximetery have used to measure oxygen saturation of pulpal blood circulation. Due to thikness of dental pulp, it's blood oxygen saturatiuon may be lower than perpheral blood. This study have been compaired the difference of blood oxygen saturation in anterior dental pulp with peripheral blood using ear pulse oximetery prob. Method and Materials: We selected 100 healthy persons with the age 24-34 years with normal anterior teeth. Then oxygen saturation of anterior, superior and inferior teeth and ear was measured with pulse oximetery with ear prob. Data was analyzed with Independent sample test and t-paired test using SPSS software. Results: Mean oxygen saturation in ear was 98.5% (± 1.5), and 92.38 (± 3.3) in 400 selected teeth. According to t-paired test, there was no significant difference between oxygen saturation in ear and teeth. There was no significant differences in oxygen saturation between different teeth. Conclusion: In our study oxygen saturation was above 90%. As in non vital pulp oxygen saturation is zero, this point help to dentists for correct diagnosis in pulp vitality. Oxygen saturation in teeth was lower than peripheral blood. Key words: pulp vitality, pulse oximery, ear probe

Keywords

• Key words: pulp vitality
• pulse oximery
• ear probe