Year : 2021

Volume : Volume 12

Issue : Issue 6

Address for correspondence :
Bineet Kumar,
dr.vinit2007@gmail.com

Abstract

Background: This study aims to evaluate the gingival tissue health when the margins of fixed restoration are located at three different levels in relation to the gingival crest, namely, supragingival, equigingival, and subgingival. Materials and Methods: This clinicomicrobiological study was carried out in private dental clinics in Patna. The study consisted of 25 patients of either sex between 30 and 50 years who had received
treatment for replacement of his/her missing teeth. Results: The evaluation was made clinically and microbiologically. Clinical assessment was done using Loe and Silness index for gingival inflammation and microbiological study was done by counting colony-forming units. The results were tabulated and statistical analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software package t-test applied to get the comparison. Conclusion: Supragingival margins were least harmful, subgingival margins were most harmful to the gingival tissue when compared to supragingival margin and equigingival margin when compared microbiologically.
Keywords: Gingival tissue, Equigingival, Subgingival, Supragingival