RESUMEN
Rehabilitation of worn dentitions is a big challenge. To save badly damaged teeth after endodon-tic treatment, provision of post and core restoration is very effective treatment option. The aim of this study was to observe common complications associated with provision of post and core treatment for the badly damage tooth. In this study 95patients reported to Oral Diagnostic Departments ofHamdard University Dental Hospital [HUDH], Karachi and Nishtar Institute of Dentistry [NID], Multan were randomly selected. Sixty two females and thirty three males were included in this study with age range from 18-47years. After taking consent, patients were evaluated by using self designed proforma after six month from provision of post and core restorations. Statistical Package for Social Sciences [SPSS] version 16 was used for data analysis to find common complications linked with post and core restorations. The most frequent complain was gingivitis which was reported in 21 patients [22.1%] followed by loss of retention! requirement of re cementation which was found in 15 [15.7%] patients respectively
RESUMEN
The study was conducted in two tertiary hospitals to observe frequency and duration of tooth brushing and their relation with incidence of caries, gingivitis and sensitivity. In this study total 1200 patients were selected randomly reported to Department of Operative Dentistry of both institutes. The duration of study was one year. Out of these 1200 patients 755 [62.91%] were male and 445 [37.08%] were female with age range from 15- 74 years. All patients were divided into three groups on the basis of their age, in group 1 age range was 15-25 years, in group 2 age range was 26-50 years while group 3 included patients of above 50 years. After taking consent from the patients a self designed questionnaire was used to get necessary details. Data compiling and statistical analysis was done by using SPSS - 20 and results were obtained. Brushing frequency and duration of brushing is better in group 2 followed by group 1 and 3 respectively. The rate of caries and gingivitis is also significantly higher in group 2 [50.8% and 40.4%] followed by group 1 [21.6% and 15%] and group 3 [1.8% and 2.5%] respectively