Presence of gingival exhibit in smile lines of various age groups and gender.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/06/053423
- Lead Sponsor
- one
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) Patients with no evidence of dental caries or
restorations in maxillary anterior teeth
2) Males and females between the age group of 20-60
years
3) Healthy gingiva as assessed with a Plaque Index
(Silness & Loe 1964) and Gingival Index (Loe &
Silness 1963) between the score of 0 to 1
4) Patients with fully erupted well-aligned maxillary anterior teeth without any orthodontic anomaly
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients with a habit of mouth breathing
2) Patients with any removable device (denture or
retainers)
3) Evidence of incomplete passive eruption
4) Hospitalised patients
5) Pregnancy or a history of taking medications known to increase the risk of gingival hyperplasia
6) Patients diagnosed with destructive periodontal
disease
7) Facial asymmetry
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the association of papilla presence and gingival exhibit in GSL and ISL in individuals of different age groups and genderTimepoint: at baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate GSL in individuals of different age groups & gender <br/ ><br>To evaluate ISL in individuals of different age groups and gender <br/ ><br>Timepoint: at baseline