EVALUATION OF PLAQUE AND GINGIVAL INDEX AROUND ABUTMENT TOOTH RESTORED WITH FULL VENEER CROWN FOLLOWING SURGICAL CROWN LENGTHENING

Dentistry

Surgical crown lengthening facilitates restorative procedure where tooth structure is inadequate to retain a long-standing prosthesis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of surgical crown lengthening on periodontium after placement of full veneer crown. For six months, this quasi-experimental study was carried out on thirty participants from the Department of Prosthodontics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. One tooth was selected from each participant as per inclusion criteria and repeatedly measured with a periodontal probe before and after surgical crown lengthening and full veneer crown placement. Baseline data were the control group data, and follow-up data were case group data. Surgical crown lengthening was performed after the recording of baseline data. Plaque deposition and gingival probing were recorded at one, three, and six month's intervals. The result showed that statistically non-significant (p≥0.05) changes in the periodontium were revealed by plaque index and gingival index. In conclusion, the impact of surgical crown lengthening on periodontium was non-significant from the baseline value to the end of six months.

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