Title
Evaluation of healing following frenectomy
Authors
Nurul Afiqah Amani Binti Zaaba, Arvina Rajasekar* & Shantha Sundari KK
Affiliation
Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai - 600 077, India; *Corresponding Author
Arvina Rajasekar - Email:
arvinar.sdc@saveetha.com;
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received June 17, 2021; Revised September 27, 2021; Accepted September 27, 2021, Published December 31, 2021
Abstract
Aberrant frenum attachment would cause plaque accumulation and malalignment of teeth. It can be managed by frenotomy or frenectomy methods, through a conventional surgical technique or laser technique. Therefore, it is of interest to compare frenectomy healing surgical and laser techniques. Data from 51 outpatients and post-operative healing of frenectomy was assessed by Landry’s healing score index using 3 weeks postoperative photographs followed by statistical analysis. Based on the healing score index, the laser technique showed better outcomes than the surgical technique. Moreover, the association between the management of high frenal attachment and the healing score index was found to be statistically significant.
Keywords
Conventional scalpel; High frenal attachment; Healing; Laser technique.
Citation
Afiqah et al. Bioinformation 17(12): 1138-1143 (2021)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
