A NOVEL METHOD TO EVALUATE THE THICKNESS OF GINGIVA �A CHAIR SIDE TECHNIQUE

Hari Krishna reddy S; Shantipriya P; Santhakumari

Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A NOVEL METHOD TO EVALUATE THE THICKNESS OF GINGIVA �A CHAIR SIDE TECHNIQUE

Hari Krishna Reddy S, Shantipriya P, Santhakumari

Abstract :

The assessment of gingival thickness with accuracy is vital for many mucogingival procedures in periodontics and esthetic surgeries, till date there are various methods available to assess the thickness of the gingiva but some of these fail to assess the thickness accurately or some others are too expensive and cannot be used routinely as a chair side procedure for accurate analysis of gingival thickness, hence we have designed a protocol with the most simple and inexpensive easily available instruments which are familiar to the clinician to determine the thickness of the gingiva with reasonable accuracy and simple to use and periodically track the changes in gingival thickness, just by using the principle of trans gingival probing rubber stopper and acrylic block containing pre designed slots measuring from 0.5 mm to 6mm, the application of this protocol yielded a reasonable accuracy when compared to the other methods.