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NCT Number: NCT03608345

Effects of Fixed and Removable Space Maintainers on Periodontal Health and DMFT/Dft Values

Space maintainers are appliances that applied when primary teeth were lost prematurely because of many reasons such as tooth decay, trauma, lack of germ of permanent tooth.4 Space problems play an important role in practice of dentistry and also understanding of the dental development in the primary and mixed dentitions could help to intercept the malocclusion.The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of applied space maintainers on periodontal health and dental status after teeth missing in pediatric dentistry clinic.

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Key information

Conditions

Dental Plaque Dental Deposits Stomatognathic Diseases Tooth Diseases

Age range

4 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry (No:2014/8) and was carried out in agreement with the Declaration of Helsinki principles. This study conducted 104 patient whose age between the range of 4-15 years were chosen to applied fixed (band and loop, palatal arch, lingual arch) or removable space maintainers in Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry Department of Pediatric Dentistry were followed between years of 2013-2014. Totally, four of the patients excluded due to systemically and genetically disorder.

In primary and mixed dentition, dft index was used and in permanent dentition DMFT index was used. Longevity time in the mouth, the number of developing new caries were evaluated and DMFT/dft and plaque index were compared.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • healthy and applied space maintainer patients

Exclusion criteria

  • unhealthy and non-applied space maintainer patients

Treatment and study plan

space maintainer

Other

Space maintainers are applied after the missing teeth in pediatric dentistry for protection of size of extracted area.

Primary outcomes

  1. DMFT/dft index value changes after applying space maintainers

    Time frame: 12 months

    With visual examination DMFT/dft index value changes were recorded to patient files

Secondary outcomes

  1. Plaque index value changes after applying space maintainers

    Time frame: 12 months

    With visual examination and rounded explorer, plaque index value changes were recorded to patient files according to Sillness and Loe.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Altinbas University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Space Maintainers on Oral Health

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Jul 31, 2018
Registry last updated
Jul 31, 2018

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