TY - JOUR AU - Ijaz, Moiza AU - Ibrahim, Saira AU - Sharafat, Ammara AU - Younis, Sameena AU - Satti, Ayesha AU - Rehman, Abdul PY - 2022/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Frequency of Esthetic and Periodontal Complications in Patients of Metal Ceramic Fixed Dental Prosthesis JF - Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College JA - J. Bahria Univ. Med. Dent. Coll. VL - 12 IS - 02 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51985/JBUMDC2021104 UR - https://jbumdc.bahria.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/article/view/865 SP - 73-76 AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">Objective: </span><span class="fontstyle2">To determine frequency of complications in patients with fixed metal-ceramic dental prosthesis<br></span><span class="fontstyle0">Study Design &amp; Setting: </span><span class="fontstyle2">A cross-sectional study was designed and conducted on 141 post-treatment patients of Fixed<br>Dental Prosthesis (FDPs) at Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan from Sept 2019 to Feb 2020.<br></span><span class="fontstyle0">Methodology: </span><span class="fontstyle2">This study analyzed the results of 141 patients whose records were completed during study duration of 06<br>months at Department of Prosthodontics, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi. Patients were called at three<br>months follow up after provision of fixed dental prosthesis. Intraoral examination for presence of esthetic and periodontal<br>complications was done by inspection, palpation and probing. Complications were graded according to severity.<br></span><span class="fontstyle0">Results: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Esthetic complications with FPDs were observed in 13.47% (n=19) of the subjects, periodontal complications<br>were encountered in 9.2% (n=13) and 77.3% (n = 109) showed no complications at all. No significant difference was<br>observed in terms of type of complication encountered between males and females or between different age groups.<br></span><span class="fontstyle0">Conclusion: </span><span class="fontstyle2">Complications in patients of metal-ceramic FDPs were observed in 22.7% patients only, of which 13.47%<br>were esthetic and 9.2% were periodontal complications.</span> </p> ER -