Estudo clínico prospectivo das modificações da borda alveolar inferior após projeção ortodôntica em tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Flavio Cesar de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/14011
• topic: Incisor proclination; Intercanine width; Alveolar bone loss; Periodontium; Three-dimensional imaging; Cone beam computed tomography; Projeção de incisivos; Distância Intercaninos; Perda óssea alveolar; Periodonto; Imagem tridimensional; Tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA

Incisor proclination and dental arch expansion are a valuable choice of treatment instead of extraction, especially when considering facial aesthetics in adult patients. The effect of orthodontic projection of the lower incisors on the periodontium is controversial because of evaluation in two-dimensional exams and the multi factorial aspects of gingival recessions. The aim of this study was to compare alveolar height modifications in the lower arch of patients that were treated with orthodontic proclination, with patients treated without proclination, and correlate these modifications with the degree of dental projection, with the changes in the lower intercanine width and with gingival biotype. Adult patients with lower arch discrepancy of more than 3 mm and moderate or pronounced curve of Spee composed the experimental group (n=15). The control group (n=7) consisted of patients with good lower arches, that did not need large dental movements. These patients had their dental arches aligned and leveled up to a .020 wire. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) was taken before treatment and after leveling and alignment. The height of the alveolar border (AB) of the lower incisors and canines were measured on CBCT with 3D reconstruction, and compared between groups, and between times, by paired and independent Student´s t-test, respectively. The AB were correlated with the degree of dental inclination (IMPA), intercanine width (ICW) and gingival biotype (GB) by the Pearson correlation test. Results showed that the lower canines of the experimental group presented significant bone loss (p<0,005) when compared with the control group, with a mean of 2.5 mm. The AB of teeth 43, 33 and 32 at the end of alignment were significantly greater than at beginning of treatment for the experimental group (p<0,001). No significant differences were found between initial and final AB measurements for all control group teeth. Despite these results, no correlation was found between remodeling of AB and IMPA, ICW and GB. It can be concluded that the increase of lower arch length with continuous orthodontic archwires increases lower incisor inclination and ICW. The increase of the ICW seems to exert more effect over the AB of lower canines, than the incisor inclination over the AB of the incisors. However, AB modifications are not associated with the degree of incisors inclination, neither the amount of lower arch expansion, nor to the gingival biotype.