CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GINGIVAL BIOTYPE OF PATIENTS WITH NON-CARIOUS CERVICAL LESIONS AT A UNIVERSITY IN SANTA CATARINA

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1595252507073

• Palavras-chave: Cervical lesions. Periodontium. Gingival biotype.

• Keywords: Cervical lesions. Periodontium. Gingival biotype.

• Abstract:

  The periodontium is composed of gingiva, periodontal ligament, root cementum and alveolar bone. The gingival structure has characteristic anatomical diversity that allows it to be classified according to its biotypes. The aim of this study was to verify the gingival biotype in patients with non-carious cervical lesions. The sample consisted of 60 patients with right or left maxillary first premolars who attended the dental clinics of a university in Santa Catarina in the second semester of 2020. This was a cross-sectional, quantitative study whose methodology included gingival analysis through clinical probing and measurement using a Williams-type periodontal probe. The results showed that 35 patients (56.3%) had thin biotypes and 25 patients had thick biotypes (41.6%), the average probing depth of patients with thick gingival biotype was 2mm, thin 1mm and the amount of keratized tissue found in patients with thick biotype was 3mm, and in the thin biotype 1.5mm. Patients with non-carious cervical lesions have a higher frequency of thin gingival biotype with lower gingival thickness and amount of keratinized tissue than patients with thick gingival biotype.