Correlation between periodontal phenotype and sinus membrane thickness: A systematic review.

AIM: To assess the correlation between the periodontal phenotype (PP) and sinus membrane thickness (SMT) in humans. METHODS: This review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines. Two reviewers independently carried out electronic and manual literature searches of studies published in English, German, and Spanish, from 1970 to September 2022 in four electronic databases, PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science, in addition to gray literature. Studies that assessed the correlation between PP and SMT in adults (aged 18 years) were included. Methodological quality was evaluated using the Appraisal Tool for Cross-Sectional Studies (AXIS) for articles that met the eligibility criteria. RESULTS: Six studies, including 510 patients, were considered for qualitative analysis. All included studies were cross-sectional, and the correlation between the PP and SMT was evaluated, finding a positive and high correlation in 83.3% of them, based on a value of ≥0.7. All the included studies were assessed with a high overall risk of bias. CONCLUSIONS: Periodontal phenotype and sinus membrane thickness are likely correlated. Nevertheless, further standardized studies are required to draw definitive conclusions.

Gingival phenotype and its relationship with different clinical parameters: a study in a Dominican adult sample.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of thin and thick gingival phenotype (GPh) in a sample of Dominican subjects and correlate it with clinical parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One-hundred seven periodontal healthy volunteers in the range of 18-73 years were enrolled in the study. GPh was defined by the transparency of a periodontal probe through the buccal gingival margin on the upper right or left central incisor. Clinical periodontal parameters such as keratinized gingiva width (WKG), attached gingiva width (WAG), probing depth (PD), plaque index (PI), and gingival index (GI) were recorded by a calibrated examiner. Frequency distribution of qualitative variables was calculated. For quantitative variables, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for comparison of groups. RESULTS: There was no association between GPh and sex. There were no significant differences between thin and thick GPh regarding age, PD, GI, and interproximal index. The association between tooth morphology and GPh was significant (p = 0.018). Median amount of keratinized gingiva was significantly larger (p = 0.01) in subjects with thin gingival phenotype (median = 6.00 mm) when compared with subjects with thick gingival phenotype (median = 5 mm). CONCLUSIONS: Subjects with thin GPh presented larger WKG. Furthermore, there was an association between tooth morphology and GPh. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This is the first study to report the distribution of gingival phenotype and its relationship with different periodontal parameters of a Caribbean population. Our findings can contribute to the clinicians when planning or performing dental procedures.

Odontología deportiva y prevención de trauma dentoalveolar / Sports dentistry and prevention of dentoalveolar traumas

La odontología deportiva es la rama de la medicina deportiva que se ocupa de la prevención y el tratamiento de las lesiones bucodentales y las enfermedades orales asociadas al deporte y el ejercicio. Por lo que se hace necesario la intervención de profesionales de la salud bucodental para hacer evaluaciones del deportista y el deporte que practica para ver los riesgos que puede tener de desarrollar y sufrir lesiones bucodentales como traumas dentoalveolares y lesiones no cariosas. Y de este modo realizar las recomendaciones a cada paciente que practica deporte, de los elementos que deben usar como equipamiento bucodental para evitar o reducir el daño dentoalveolar (AU)

Sports dentistry is the branch of sports medicine that deals with the prevention and treatment of oral injuries and oral diseases associated with sports and exercise. Therefore it is necessary the intervention of oral health professionals to make evaluations of the athlete and the sport he practices to see the risks that may have to develop and suffer oral injuries such as dentoalveolar trauma and non-carious lesions. And in this way make the recommendations to each patient who practices sports, of the elements that should be used as oral equipment to avoid or reduce dentoalveolar damage (AU)