A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN PERIODONTAL STATUS BEFORE AND AFTER ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT

Abstract

Studies of periodontal biodynamics in patients with orthodontic appliances play an important role in the interdisciplinary ortho-periodontal cooperation. Material and method. The aim of the present research was to carry out an etiological, prospective and longitudinal incidence follow-up study. The study population consisted in 495 patients who benefited from orthodontic and periodontal care in the period 2010-2019. They were selected from three private practices in Iaşi, Rădăuţi and Paşcani, being treated interdisciplinary by the same team of doctors, one orthodontist and one periodontologist. The data were analysed using SPSS V.21 software. (IBM). The statistical study addressed two aspects: descriptive statistics and analytical statistics. Results. The study population consisted in 495 patients, of which 169 were men and 326 were women, mostly children (66%), while teenagers (13%) and adults (20%), with temporary dentition 1.52%, mixed 74.39 % and permanent 24%. In the study population, class I anomalies were found in 54.14% of cases, class II/1 in 21.62%, class II/2 in 15.15% and class III in 9.09%. A statistically significant correlation is observed between the type of periodontal involvement and age, in the sense that periodontal pockets and gingival recessions are predominant in adults, which demonstrates the worsening of the periodontal condition in the absence of orthodontic treatment performed in adolescence. Conclusions. Periodontal involvement following orthodontic treatment decreased on average by 5%, and by age group, a decrease in the number of periodontal pockets, but also an increase in the number of recessions, was observed in adults.