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Periodontal Clinical Parameters as a Predictor of Bite Force: A Cross-Sectional Study
Hussain Nayef Hussain Alsharif1, Kiran Kumar Ganji1, Mohammad Khursheed Alam1
1Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.
Objective:
To investigate the correlation of periodontal parameters and bite force in different stages of periodontitis after phase I periodontal therapy.
Methods:
Periodontal clinical parameters such as mobility, attachment loss, gingival recession, and percentage of bone remaining were recorded at the mandibular first molar region after phase I therapy in subjects categorized according to the stage of periodontitis. Corresponding bite force was recorded at the first mandibular molar region using a bite force device after phase I therapy. ANOVA test was used to assess the significant difference among different groups. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between measured variables.
Results:
The ANOVA test represents that there is no statistical significant difference between the bite force in stage I, stage II, and stage III type of periodontitis. A strong positive correlation was found (r = 0.537) between bite force and percentage of remaining alveolar bone support whereas negative correlation was observed in measured parameters such as mobility (r = -0.0181), attachment loss (r = -0.608), and gingival recession (r = -0.435).
Conclusion:
Among all periodontal clinical parameters, the percentage of remaining alveolar bone is the strong predictor of bite force and mobility; attachment loss and gingival recession cannot predict the bite force in the first molar region. Bite force is variable in different stages of periodontitis.
