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<![CDATA[An Assessment of Complete Denture Changes from Try in to Clinical Insertion- A Retrospective Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Sai Sandhya.T1 , Mahathi Neralla2 , Suresh Venugopalan3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Complete denture is a dental prosthesis that replaces the entire dentition and associated structures of maxillaand mandible. Its Function is to restore esthetics, mastication and speech.Various outcomes in the treatmentof complete denture in edentulous patients involve a complex array of different factors which determine theaccuracy of complete denture. Due to various reasons complete dentures may encounter changes from trialstage to insertion. This change may occur due to processing or handling .The present study aims to assessthe differences in complete denture from try in anterior teeth position to insertion anterior teeth position withregard to midline shift and plane deviation and using chi square test statistical significance was observed.The study was carried out in Saveetha dental college, Chennai, patients data was collected from inhousedigital data bank. The data of documented evidence treated by the undergraduate students were retrieved andanalysed for differences. The study reveals that there are incidences which had changes from the try in stepto clinical insertion step with regard to anterior teeth.]]>
<![CDATA[Incidence of Pocket Depth More than 3 MM in Maxillary Premolars and Molars with a Class II Restoration ]]>
<![CDATA[Md Sohaib Shahzan, Adimulapu Hima Sandeep]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Aim: To study the incidence of periodontal pocket depth more than 3mm in maxillary premolars and molarswith class 2 restorations. Introduction: A class II restoration of a tooth and its status of periodontal healthare closely related. A healthy periodontium is required for the proper functioning of all restorations whilethe functional stimulation due to dental restorations is essential for periodontal protection. Materials andMethods: It is a retrospective study in which we reviewed patient records and analysed the data of 86000patients between June 2019 and March 2020, out of these patients we collected the data of 885 patients whohad class II restoration done.The data was compiled into class II restorations with pocket depth more than 3mmm and less than 3 mm, reviewed, tabulated and exported to SPSS software for statistical analysis. Result:Incidence of pocket depth more than 3mm in Class II amalgam restorations was 3.42% out of 614 samplesand in Class II LCR restorations was 3.69% out of 271 samples. In comparison of incidence of pocket depthmore than 3 mm in both amalgam and composite class II restorations amalgam is 2.37% and composite is1.13%. Conclusion: Within the limits of study, it can be concluded that incidence of pocket depth more than3mm in maxillary premolars and molars with class II amalgam restoration was less (3.42%) compared withcomposite (3.69%). However on comparison between amalgam and composite the mean pocket depth wasmore in amalgam.]]>
<![CDATA[Prevalence of Radiographic Errors in IOPA ]]>
<![CDATA[Monica Antony1, Dhanraj Ganapathy2, Leelavathi3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Radiographs are considered as a crucial aid in diagnosis, intraoral and post operative evaluation of differentconditions and dental procedures. Exposing the patient to beams of x ray more than needed is time consumingand increases treatment cost. Some of the errors include cone cut, overlap, elongation, shortening, hazyimage, ghost image, artifacts and reversed film.The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence ofradiographic errors in IOPA. The study was aimed to investigate the correlation of radiographic errorsin IOPA. 100 case reports of patients were obtained from Dental Archive Software and was tabulated inExcel. The data analysis was done using SPSS software. The graphs were obtained and the results weretabulated. Overlap type of error was more prevalent for upto 41%. There were more errors as well likeelongation 16%, shortening 17%, hazy image 12%, cone cut 13% and ghost image 1%. 27% of the studypopulation that underwent radiographic errors were between 21 to 30 years. 36% of the errors were causedby molars. Undergraduate students performed more errors in which overlap occurred for 26% while amongpostgraduate students they occurred for 15%(figure 5). Overlap type of error was the most common causeof radiographic error. Radiographs being one of the golden standards for diagnosis, need to be done withproper knowledge and awareness.]]>
<![CDATA[Soft Tissue Upper Lip Thickness in Different Skeletal Malocclusion Subjects -A Comparative Cephalometric Study ]]>
<![CDATA[S.Abirami, Ravindra Kumar Jain]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to determine the soft tissue upper lip thickness of subjects with differentskeletal malocclusions. Lateral cephalograms of 30 patients ( control group : skeletal malocclusion I -10, Case group : skeletal malocclusion II - 10 , skeletal malocclusion III - 10 ) were selected randomlyfrom orthodontic records of subjects who reported to the Department of Orthodontics in Saveetha DentalCollege.All cephalograms were traced and upper lip thickness was measured using FACAD software.One way - ANOVA test was done, soft tissue upper lip thickness was found to be statistically significant(p<0.05) among different skeletal malocclusions. Post hoc test ( Tukey HSD ) was performed to find out thedifferences between each skeletal class , the upper lip thickness was found to be comparatively high in ClassIII compared to Class I and Class II (p<0.001). This study concluded that soft tissue upper lip thickness wasfound to be greater in skeletal class III malocclusion compared to other skeletal class I and II malocclusion.]]>
<![CDATA[Evaluation of the Lip-Tooth Relation in Various Growth Patterns- A Cephalometric Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Akriti Tiwari1 , Ravindra Kumar Jain2]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Upper incisor crown exposure is directly influenced by hard and soft tissue structures that surround andsupport these teeth. The amount of upper incisor crown exposure has a direct impact on dentofacial esthetics.Lip-tooth relationship during speech and smiling are important aspects of facial esthetics. Hence, the aimof this study was to evaluate the lip-tooth relations in subjects with different types of growth patterns usinglateral cephalograms. Methods-This was a retrospective study wherein case records of adult subjects aged18-35 years were involved. A total of 30 case records of patients who had reported to a university hospitalwere identified and included in the study. The records of subjects were divided equally into three groupsGroup A - horizontal growth pattern; group B - average growth pattern and group C - vertical growth pattern.All lateral cephalograms were measured using FACAD software. A chi-square test was used to determinethe association of lip-tooth relationships in various growth patterns. One-way ANOVA was used to comparethe incisor exposure in different growth patterns. One-way ANOVA reported a statistically significantdifference in lip-tooth exposure in various growth patterns (p=0, p<0.05). Similarly, chi-square test revealeda statistically significant association between lip-tooth relationships in various growth patterns (p=.00,p<0.05) Within the limitations of this study it can be concluded that there was an increased cervico-incisalexposure of incisors in vertical growth pattern as compared to average and horizontal growth patterns.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis of Root Stumps in Middle Aged Group ]]>
<![CDATA[Sarojini Ramya Pillay1 , Dhanraj Ganapathy2 ,]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Tooth extraction is one of the dental treatments which should be considered the last option. A decrease in thenumber of teeth may result in poor dietary habits and deterioration of quality of life. The number of extractedteeth can serve as an indicator of socio-economic and oral hygiene level. Extraction of permanent teeth isperformed for several reasons including dental caries, periodontal disease, orthodontic reasons, impactedteeth and root stumps.To assess the prevalence of root stumps in middle aged in Chennai A retrospectivecross-sectional study was conducted using the patient records from the Department of Oral maxillofacialsurgery, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai from February 2019 to February 2020, and patients who hadroot stumps were selected by nonprobability sampling. Data was collected and then subjected to statisticalanalysis.Microsoft Excel/2016 data spreadsheet was used and later exported to the Statistical Package forSocial Science for Windows (version 20.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago Ill., USA).The prevalence of root stumpswas more in males and age groups of 50-55 years showed maximum root stumps. There is no significantdifference between gender and the number of root stumps in each patient P=0.562 The study concluded thatthe prevalence of root stumps in the middle age group seems to be high when compared to other literature.Considering the limitations of this study extensive research needs to be done to find the prevalence of rootstumps in other populations and to spread awareness among the public about root stumps which are in situ.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis of Class III Skeletal Malocclusion that Require Orthognathic Surgery for Correction as Compared to Camouflage Treatment - A Retrospective Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Swapna Sreenivasagan1 , Aravind S Kumar2 , SriRengalakshmi3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Class III malocclusion is a complex anomaly . Not all adult class III patients will need surgical correction.In the Indian population the incidence of a class III malocclusion is lesser than a class II. Orthodontic caserecords were reviewed and analysed. Class III adult malocclusions were evaluated to estimate the prevalenceand the treatment protocol. From this evaluation of class III patients the span on close to a year report of 44adult class III patients out of whom 10 patients required orthognathic surgery for correction . Surgery firstdone in 2 cases and other cases were single jaw or bi-jaw surgery done using conventional approach.In thecamouflage treatment most of the cases were treated by non- extraction. Correct classification of adult ClassIII malocclusion patients succeeded to a high degree. Pearson’s chi-square value is 1.867 and P value is 0.1and the results of this study are not significant. The severity of the malocclusion should be used to determinethe treatment protocol.Orthognathic surgery was successful in 92% patients . Most of the camouflage studiesuse mini-implants and non-extraction protocols. Surgical treatment done according to severity of class IIIand patient compliance.Among the assessed population 44 patients had skeletal class III malocclusion andin the adult patients 8 patients were treated with orthognathic surgery . The two main deciding factors toconclude as the treatment plan was based on the severity of the malocclusion and the patient compliance.Orthognathic surgery was successful in 92% patients]]>
<![CDATA[Assessment of Most Common Furcation Site among Smokers with Chronic Periodontitis ]]>
<![CDATA[Srijan Sunar1 , Balaji Ganesh S2 , SS Raj3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[It is generally accepted that the primary cause of periodontitis is bacterial infection of long duration. Inaddition there are several risk factors that may increase the probability and severity of periodontitis, one ofwhich is smoking. This is a retrospective clinical study carried out at Saveetha Dental College, Chennai. Thisstudy involves the analysis of the most common furcation site among smokers with chronic periodontitis.The data were taken over a period of one year from over June 2019 to March 2020. The sample/data wereretrieved and 265 male smokers with periodontitis were examined for grade of furcation involvement basedon Glickman’s classification. In this study, the most commonest site of furcation among smokers withchronic periodontitis are maxillary molars. Grade 1 furcation > Grade 2 furcation > Grade 3 furcation >Grade 4 furcation. On comparing (Chi square analysis) the grade 1, grade 3 and grade 4 furcation withdifferent age groups, grade 1, grade 3 and grade 4 furcation was mostly seen in maxillary molars of smokerswith chronic periodontitis of age group 41- 50 years. However, it was statistically not significant(p-value>0.05). On comparing the grade 2 furcation with different age groups, Grade 2 furcation was mostly seen inmaxillary molars of smokers with chronic periodontitis of the age group 51-60 years and it was statisticallysignificant. Within the limits of the study the most common site of furcation among smokers with chronicperiodontitis is maxillary molars.]]>
<![CDATA[Evaluation of the Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Management Skills in Laboratory Set Up among Undergraduate Dental Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Deepa Viswasini. R1 , Hannah. R2 , Abilasha R3 , Pratibha Ramani4, Gheena S3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Managers in healthcare have a legal and moral obligation to ensure high-quality of patient care. Managementskills can help in influencing the quality and safety of clinical outcomes, processes and performance.Theaim of the study is to analyse the knowledge among undergraduate dental students about the managerialskills in setting up a laboratory so as to assure quality. A cross-sectional observation study was conductedamong undergraduate dental students. A total of 105 participants were included in the study. The study wasconducted online.The data collected were tabulated and analysed. The results showed that 87.6% agreed thatmanagement skills help in the progress of the lab and 77.1% were aware of human resource management. Inour study, 91.4% agreed that high-quality laboratories have better management practises and 88.6% agreedthat leadership is a major management skill. In our study we found that the undergraduate students have lessknowledge and awareness about management skills. This void can be filled by including management skillsand laboratory set up as a part of the curriculum.]]>
<![CDATA[Assessment of Knowledge and Awareness on Various Precautionary Measures one Must Follow While Treating Patients During Coronavirus Pandemic among Dental Practitioners - A Questionnaire based Survey ]]>
<![CDATA[Shunmugam Kumar Mangal.C1 , Anjaneyulu K2 , Vignesh Ravindran3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[The corona disease is a rapidly spreading viral infection caused by COVID-19. Which is caused by the SARSfamily of viruses. It was discovered in the later half of 2019 after which in march 2020 the WHO declaredit a global pandemic as it spread to all the major countries of the world. Due to risk of infection to thepractitioner many clinics have completely closed. While some brave souls still venture outside to treat theirpatients. This study was done to assess the awareness of dental practitioners about the various precautionsthat they must follow while treating patients during coronavirus pandemic. An online survey was conductedwith the help of Google forms was distributed to 100 dental practitioners. The questionnaire consisted of 15questions that were based on the clinical protocols and guidelines one must follow when treating patientsduring the time of COVID-19 pandemic . After obtaining the responses, data was tabulated in excel sheetand was subjected to statistical analysis. The study shows that dental practitioners have better knowledgeof the protocols they must follow when treating their patients during times of pandemic .The study helps tohandle their patients by screening them and protecting themselves and their staff from the risk of infection.]]>
