1. The impact of splinting mobile mandibular incisors on Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life—Preliminary observations from a randomized clinical trial
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Johannes Krisam, Maurice Ruetters, Ti-Sun Kim, Sarah K. Sonnenschein, Antonio Ciardo, and Philipp Ziegler
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Wilcoxon signed-rank test ,Test group ,Dentistry ,Oral Health ,Oral health ,law.invention ,Tooth mobility ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,stomatognathic system ,Randomized controlled trial ,Quality of life ,law ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Periodontitis ,business.industry ,030206 dentistry ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,Incisor ,stomatognathic diseases ,Quality of Life ,Mann–Whitney U test ,Periodontics ,business - Abstract
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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- 2021