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Incidence of periodontal compromise in teeth indicated for undergoing endodontic treatment: A clinical study
Ricardo Machado1, Monique Muniz da Cunha2, Daniel Comparin3
1Clinical Practice Limited to Endodontics, Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the periodontal status of teeth indicated for undergoing endodontic treatment.
Materials And Methods:
Two hundred and nine teeth were evaluated using probing depth tests at three vestibular and three palatine/lingual sites before the patients underwent treatment. Teeth that presented up to 3-mm probing depth were considered as healthy. Those that presented at least one site with probing depth >3 mm were considered periodontally compromised. The data were statistically analyzed by means of applying the Chi-square test, with a level of significance of 5%.
Results:
Of the total of 209 teeth evaluated, 40 (19.10%) presented periodontal compromise. There was statistically significant difference related to the compromised teeth of patients of the female gender (22.80%) compared with teeth of patients of the male gender (12.30%) (P < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Fewer than 20% of the teeth evaluated presented a periodontal compromise. Patients of the female gender presented a higher number of periodontally compromised teeth than patients of the male gender.
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