Assessment of gingival sulcus depth, in primary, mixed and permanent dentition-Part-1

  • Authors

    • Singh Shivani Post graduate student, College od Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka, India
    • K.L. Vandana Senior Professor, Department of Periodontics, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka, India. Email: vanrajs@gmail.com
    2017-07-19
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijdr.v5i2.7962
  • Gingival Sulcus Depth, Primary Dentition, Mixed Dentition, Permanent Dentition

  • Aim and objective: The objective of this in-vivo study was to evaluate toothwise and archwise sulcus depth in human primary, mixed and permanent dentition of Indian population.

    Method: The study included 40 subjects (22 males and 18 females) of an age range 4-25 years. Subjects were divided into 3 groups – the primary dentition (4-6 years) mixed dentition (7-13 years) and adult dentition (16-25 years). All the parameters were measured in upper and lower anterior segments.

    Results: Gingival sulcus depth (GSD) was measured archwise and toothwise in different dentitions and overall dentition wise without differentiating archwise and toothwise. GSD was significantly higher in maxillary mixed dentition (1.75±0.75) followed by permanent and primary dentition. In all the dentition, maxillary central incisor showed significant GSD.

    Conclusion: The sulcus depth is maximum in mixed dentition followed by primary and permanent dentitions and significantly higher in maxillary central incisor.

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    Shivani, S., & Vandana, K. (2017). Assessment of gingival sulcus depth, in primary, mixed and permanent dentition-Part-1. International Journal of Dental Research, 5(2), 130-134. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijdr.v5i2.7962