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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Effects of Space Maintainers on Oral Health

Conditions
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Dental Plaque

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: space maintainer


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: healthy and applied space maintainer patients Exclusion Criteria: unhealthy and non-applied space maintainer patients

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 4 Years
Maximum Age: 15 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: space maintainer|Space maintainers are applied after the missing teeth in pediatric dentistry for protection of size of extracted area.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DMFT/dft index value changes after applying space maintainers | With visual examination DMFT/dft index value changes were recorded to patient files | 12 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Plaque index value changes after applying space maintainers | With visual examination and rounded explorer, plaque index value changes were recorded to patient files according to Sillness and Loe. | 12 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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oral health, dental plaque, space maintenance