Open AccessThe prevalence of pathologic tooth migration with respect to the severity of periodontitis
Author(s) -
Hooman Khorshidi,
Mohammad R Moaddeli,
Ali Golkari,
Heshmatollah Heidari,
Saeed Raoofi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.189738
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontitis , dentistry , epidemiology , periodontal disease , chi square test , disease , tooth loss , oral health , statistics , mathematics
Pathologic tooth migration (PTM) has been defined as tooth displacement that occurs when the balance among the factors that maintain physiologic tooth position is disturbed by periodontal disease. The aim of this cross-sectional epidemiological study was to determine the prevalence of pathologic tooth migration among patients with periodontitis.