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Assessment of tooth mobility using small loads
Author(s) -
Persson Rutger
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1980.tb02157.x
Subject(s) - tooth mobility , dentistry , oral hygiene , medicine , orthodontics , periodontal disease , gingival inflammation
. Tooth mobility at loads between 20 p and 80 p was studied in maxillary incisors and canines in eight subjects with moderate periodontal disease. The periodontal conditions of the investigated teeth exhibited clinical criteria of gingival inflammation and a moderate loss of attachment. None of the subjects showed subjective or clinical signs of occlusal disturbances. In all, 35 teeth were investigated over the 12‐week period following periodontal hygiene treatment, including oral hygiene instructions and removal of supra‐ and subgingival plaque and calculus. During the course of the investigation, a gradual decrease of tooth mobility was observed amounting to a tooth mobility decrease of 65 % (using the corrective formula described by Mühlemann 1960) at 50 p load. Tooth mobility curves within the 20–80 p loading area were transformed to lines of regression (Persson & Svensson 1980). Analyses of the lines showed significantly lower tooth mobility values 12 weeks after start of treatment.