Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
31.Uluslararası Bilimsel Kongre ve Sergisi, İzmir, Türkiye, 8 - 10 Kasım 2024, ss.72-76
AIM: Early loss of primary teeth can lead to malocclusion, failure of permanent teeth eruption, supraocclusion of opposing teeth and loss of arch dimension. It is necessary to support the relevant tooth losses with space maintainers urgently to prevent these conditions,. Our retrospective study aims to compare the quantity of fixed and removable space maintainers applied to patients who presented to our department in the last 2 years.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study was conducted over five six-month periods: January 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022; July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022; January 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023; July 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023; and January 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024. During these periods, the quantities of applied band-loops, lingual arches, Nance appliances, and removable space maintainers were compared. A total of 768 patients, comprising 395 males and 373 females, were included in the study. Patients were identified by patient protocol numbers generated from the database records to protect personal data. The criteria included in the study from the database were categorized into the following two subgroups. 1. Space maintainer (fixed) (excluding technician fee) 2. Space maintainer (removable) (excluding technician fee) Patient data extracted from the hospital database was structured using Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA) for further analysis. SPSS software version 25 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA) was used to perform statistical inferences and generate corresponding figures. The Pearson Chi-Square test was used as the statistical method, with the significance level set at p<0.05.
RESULTS: There was a significant difference according to the Pearson Chi-Square test (p=0.001) examining the total quantities of space maintainers applied across different periods. When the total quantities of the same type of space maintainers were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey tests, the total quantity of band-loop space maintainers showed a significant difference (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION: An increase in the total quantity of space maintainers applied is observed in the examined periods. The migration to Erzurum following the earthquake in our country, the global pandemic, the increased number of appointments to strengthen the services provided to patients and the general anesthesia procedures which are performing daily in our faculty can be cited as reasons for this situation.