The impact of splinting mobile mandibular incisors on oral health-related quality of Life: preliminary observations from a randomized clinical trial
Aim To compare the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of patients with mobile mandibular incisors before and after full-mouth disinfection (FMD) with and without splinting. Material and methods Thirty-four periodontitis patients with ≥1 mobile mandibular incisor (degree II/III) were random...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of clinical periodontology
Year: 2021, Volume: 48, Issue: 6, Pages: 816-825 |
| ISSN: | 1600-051X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcpe.13454 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpe.13454 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcpe.13454 
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| Author Notes: | Sarah K. Sonnenschein, Philipp Ziegler, Antonio Ciardo, Maurice Ruetters, Johannes Krisam, Ti-Sun Kim |
| Summary: | Aim To compare the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of patients with mobile mandibular incisors before and after full-mouth disinfection (FMD) with and without splinting. Material and methods Thirty-four periodontitis patients with ≥1 mobile mandibular incisor (degree II/III) were randomly allocated to the test or control group. All patients received FMD and the test group additional splinting of teeth 33-43. OHRQoL was assessed before (BL) and 3 months after FMD (RE) using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)-14. Data were compared within and between the groups (Wilcoxon test/Mann-Whitney U test). Results Twenty-eight patients (13 test group/15 control group) were re-evaluated. FMD led to a reduction of the mean probing pocket depth (PPD; in mm) (test group: BL-PPD 3.89 ± 1.03, RE-PPD 2.82 ± 0.53; control group: BL-PPD 3.58 ± 0.66, RE-PPD 2.77 ± 0.59; each p ≤ .001), the mean clinical attachment level (CAL; in mm) (test group: BL-CAL 5.22 ± 1.38, RE-CAL 4.79 ± 0.85; control group: BL-CAL 4.58 ± 1.10, RE-CAL 4.41 ± 0.96; each p ≤ .05), and the mean OHIP-14 summary scores (test group: BL-OHIP 21.7 ± 11.06, RE-OHIP 9.9 ± 8.96, p = .0046; control group: BL-OHIP 16.8 ± 8.27, RE-OHIP 11.7 ± 8.55; p = .0217). The reduction of the OHIP-G14 scores was considerably higher in the test group but statistically not significant (p = .080). Conclusions The results show a positive impact of non-surgical periodontal treatment on OHRQoL and a possible tendency for further improvement by splinting mobile mandibular incisors. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 05.09.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1600-051X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jcpe.13454 |