Zulekha Younus, Zehra Maniya, Naseer Ahmed, Saba Faruqui, Rizwan Jouhar, Afsheen Maqsood, Hudebia Allah Bukhsh.
Periodontal Health Of Natural Abutments In Removable Partial Denture Wearers.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;37(1):175-8.

The purpose of this study was to investigate periodontal health status of teeth in contact with removable prosthesis and teeth not in contact with removable prosthesis. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 60 patients were included who had restored their missing teeth with removable partial dentures. A Community periodontal treatment need (CPITN ) probe was used to check the different indexes on the abutment and control tooth. Results show that abutment teeth were periodontally affected in comparison to control teeth. It is important that after rehabilitation with removable partial dentures all health care providers should emphasize on importance of oral health hygiene especially after insertion of removable dentures.

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