Open AccessAlveolar bone defects in adults reporting for orthodontic treatment - A CBCT study
Author(s) -
Akriti Tiwari,
Ravindra Kumar Jain,
Remmiya Mary Varghese
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of research in pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-7538
DOI - 10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.3644
Subject(s) - medicine , fenestration , dehiscence , dentistry , dental alveolus , orthodontics , surgery
Identifying alveolar bony fenestration and dehiscence preceding orthodontic treatment, especially arch expansion, is needed. An unrevealed and undiagnosed buccal alveolar bone defect leads to treatment relapse and further loss of bony support. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of posterior alveolar bony dehiscence and fenestration in adults undergoing orthodontic treatment. A total of 20 subjects in the age range 18-35 years were selected for this study randomly and their CBCT records were retrieved from the Department of Orthodontics, Saveetha dental college. All statistical analysis was performed using SPSS. Chi-square test was used to determine the association of extent of fenestrations and dehiscence between males and females. Females presented with wider and extensive dehiscence defects than males (p=0.019, p 0.05) Within the limits of this study, it was observed that females presented with more severe bony alveolar dehiscence than males.