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The European Journal of Orthodontics 1992 14(6):449-455; doi:10.1093/ejo/14.6.449
© 1992 by European Orthodontic Society
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Periodontal conditions around tipped and upright molars in adults

An intra-individual retrospective study

Dan Lundgren*, Jüri Kurol**,, Bjorn Thorstensson*** and Anders Hugoson*

Departments of *Periodontology, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education Jönköping, Sweden
**Orthodonticsz, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education Jönköping, Sweden
***Prosthodontics, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education Jönköping, Sweden

Address for correspondence: Dr Jüri Kurol, Department of Orthodontics, The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education, Järnvägsgatan 9, S-553 15 Jönköping, Sweden

In 69 individuals from a randomized epidemiological material comprising 450 adults, an intra-individual comparison of the periodontal condition of 73 mesially tipped molars (30 degrees or more to a line perpendicular to the occlusal plane) and contralateral upright molars was made. The alveolar bone level mesially and distally of each tooth was registered in periapical radiographs. The occurrence of plaque, gingivitis and probeable pocket depths of 4 mm or more mesially and distally of each tooth was registered.

No significant differences between tipped and upright molars could be found, regardless of the variable tested. The clinical implications of the findings are discussed from an orthodontic as well as a periodontal and prosthetic point of view.


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