Association between The Degree Of Tooth Mobility And The Type Of Furcation Defects Among Chronic Periodontitis Patients - A Retrospective Analysis

A multitude of factors are likely to influence the treatment decision for the periodontally involved molar. The most important ones are furcation and mobility with respect to the posterior teeth. The aim of the study is to retrospectively assess the association between the degree of tooth mobility and the type of furcation defects among chronic periodontitis patients. A total of 333 patients who had chronic periodontitis were included in the study. Demographic details such as patient identity number (PID. No), age and sex were recorded. Degree of mobility and grades of furcation involvement for all the patients were recorded. The required data was collected and analysed using SPSS(Statistical Package For The Social Sciences) Software. Chi-square test was used to study association between the parameters.The results were considered to be of statistical significance if p < 0.05. From 333 patients, a total of 1202 teeth were diagnosed with periodontal mobility out of which 940 were anteriors and 262 were posteriors. Among mobility of teeth, 76.40% of teeth had grade 1 mobility, 13.32% of teeth had grade 2 mobility and the remaining 10.28% of teeth had grade 3 mobility. A total of 330 teeth had furcation involvement.Based on the severity of involvement 13.03% of teeth had grade 1 furcation, 55.15% of teeth had grade 2 furcation, 22.12% had grade 3 furcation and grade 4 furcation was 9.70%. among the grade 1 mobility teeth