Evaluation Of Flap Procedures Done With And Without Grafting

Periodontal surgical procedures leads to the elimination of soft tissue of periodontal pockets and creation of new epithelial attachment. In recent years the use of regenerative procedures has become a common method for recovering lost periodontal support structures. However the need for the use of regenerative materials in all flap procedures is not well known. The aim of this study is to evaluate the number of flap procedures done with and without grafting.It is a university setting study. 388 patients who underwent flap procedures were included in the study. These patients were then evaluated to check if grafting was done or not. The data was entered in SPSS and analyzed using Chi Square test.From the results it was observed that grafting was done only in 26.2% of the patients who had undergone flap procedures. 30.2% of the grafting procedure was done in the age group of 36 to 50 years and more commonly in males(61.7%). Within the limitations of the current study, it can be concluded that grafting was not done in the majority of the flap procedures. Grafting was more commonly done in males in 36 to 50 years of age.