Retained "hopeless" teeth: lack of effect periodontally-treated teeth have on the proximal periodontium of adjacent teeth 8-years later.
We previously reported the lack of effect periodontally-treated teeth prognosed "hopeless" and retained for 3.4 +/- 1.5 years have on the proximal periodontium of adjacent teeth. We now report our findings for the same group of subjects following 8.4 +/- 0.7 years of "hopeless" tooth retention. Of the 17 "hopeless" and adjacent teeth originally measured in 17 subjects, 14 of the subjects were still available for re-evaluation. Measures used to assess the periodontium of proximal surfaces of adjacent teeth included pocket depths (PD), radiographic alveolar bone level (R-BL), and periodontal ligament space width (W-PL). Treatment for the subjects consisted of surgical therapy (N = 15) and scaling and root planing (N = 2). Of the 14 subjects re-examined, 2 were eliminated due to loss of adjacent tooth reference points and 2 due to extraction of the "hopeless" tooth (N = 10). Differences in measurements (i.e., nonadjacent to "hopeless" tooth value minus adjacent to "hopeless" tooth value) were analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA. There were no significant differences for PD (P = 0.20), R-BL (P = 0.29), or W-PL (P = 0.16). These data confirm our original findings that retained periodontally "hopeless" teeth do not significantly affect the proximal periodontium of adjacent teeth following therapy.
Wojcik
M S
MS
Department of Periodontology, Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus.
DeVore
C H
CH
Beck
F M
FM
Horton
J E
JE
D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000473:pathology; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000473:pathology; D010519:Periodontium / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D014070:Tooth / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000517:prevention & control