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Association of fingerprint patterns with oral diseases

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Periodontal disease, unspecified. Ayurveda Condition: Upakusha,
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/07/034799
Lead Sponsor
Dr Rohit Kapur
Brief Summary

For the study, ethicalapproval would be obtained from the Kasturba hospital ethics Committee.

Anobservational study will be conducted on all patients visiting the Dentalclinics. All patients will be screened at the Dept. of Oral Medicine forrecruitment into the study based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and aconvenience sampling method will be followed for recruitment. Sample size of 75will be taken in this study. The purpose of the study will be explained to theparticipants, informing them of anonymity and confidentiality, and receivingwritten consent from the subjects.

 Thepatient will be recruited after the patient information and consent followed byevaluation of periodontal status, after which the finger ridge pattern will betaken.

 Initially,finger ridge patterns of all fingers from both left and right hands would becaptured using standard ink method for assessment. Thefingers will be cleaned and dried before taking the fingerprint. Thefingerprint will be recorded on a fingerprint recording format.

 Allpatients would then undergo evaluation of periodontal status by a trained examiner(Principal studentresearcher under the guidance of Principal Investigator) The periodontal status will be evaluated using the 2017 classification of Periodontal and Peri-ImplantDiseases and Conditions.Staging and grading of periodontitis will be doneto categorize the patients.

 A clinicalproforma will be used for recording the various parameters that comprise theclassification system, which include

1.     Probing pocket depth

2.     Probing attachment loss

3.     Bleeding on Probing

4.     Radiological bone loss

5.     Interdental Clinical attachment level

6.     Tooth loss

7.     Furcation involvement

8.     Ridge defect

9.     Bite collapse

10.  Drifting

11.  Flaring

12.  Presence of biofilm

13.  Smoking

14.  Diabetes

15.  Endo-perio lesions

16.  Periodontal abscess

17.  Gingival Recession

18.  Occlusal trauma

 The finger - prints obtained would then be coded for subsequentmanual evaluation of finger ridge patterns by the Dept. of Forensic medicine.

 The obtained data will be statistically analyzed for distributionof finger ridge patterns among the various categories of periodontitis patientsas obtained by the 2017 classification of periodontal diseases. Furthermore, asecondary outcome will be to determine any association between periodontaldisease and finger ridge patterns.

 StageI- Initial Periodontitis

StageII- Moderate Periodontitis

StageIII- Severe Periodontitis with potential for additional tooth loss

StageIV- Severe Periodontitis with potential for loss of the dentition

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

Patients with age between 18-60 years Controlled diabetes.

Exclusion Criteria

Uncooperative and unwilling Pregnant and/ or lactating women Severe medical compromise- Any history of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory disease, Hypertensives Injury to hand / finger Absence / Amputation of a digit.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Co relation between periodontal diseases and fingerprint patterns2 Years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluation of periodontal status of the patient and co relating each parameter with the fingerprint pattern2 Years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal

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Udupi, KARNATAKA, India

Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Dr Rohit Kapur
Principal investigator
7508566614
rkgk12345678@gmail.com

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