From health to disease- How consistent is the biologic width?
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Periodontology and Implantology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Context Biologic width BW is an important entity to consider when planning restorative or prosthetic procedures Though many studies are available in the literature that offer varying dimensions for this entity in healthy dentition there is a paucity of studies that have measured biologic width in cases of periodontitisAims This study was designed with the aim of measuring BW dimensions in both health and diseaseSettings and Design 41 systemically healthy patients with an age range of 18 42 years were included in this analytical studyMaterial and Methods BW dimensions were measured by subtracting sulcus depth from the distance between gingival margin and osseous crest by trans sulcular probing Measurements were again made in 20 patients with advanced periodontitis after completion of phase one therapyStatistical analysis Mean and standard deviation for the groups were calculated and one way analysis of variance ANOVA was used to compare BW dimensions among groups Results Mean BW dimensions in a healthy periodontium were recorded as 183023 mm At sites with advanced periodontitis this was 152036 mm which was statistically significantlydifferent from the former pone therapy mean BW was 185025 mmConclusions BW dimensions differ significantly in disease as compared to health but after phase one therapy the dimensions tend to be restoredKeywords Biologic width Periodontal disease GingivaKey Messages This article focuses on analyzing changes in biologic width dimensions in periodontal health and disease and also changes in dimensions observed after phase one therapy A knowledge of these changes will prove valuable while planning periodontal treatment
Authors and Affiliations
Ritika Arora, R. K. Sharma, Shikha Tewari, S. C. Narula, Himanshu Kapoor
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- EP ID EP520595
- DOI 10.18231/2457-0087.2018.0024
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