EVDF PORTO PORTUGAL 2016

Posters

Clinical and radiographic assessment of teeth treated with odontoplasty

Magdalena Wilczek, Jerzy Gawor, Daria Ziemann, Ewa Chronowska

Preliminary results Feline patients with traumatic malocclusion of premolar and molar teeth can be treated by corrective, interceptive treatment as well as the use of the odontoplasty procedure. Odontoplasty aims to reduce height and/or change the shape of the dental crown to alleviate occurring occlusal conflict resulting in trauma. This procedure preserves dentition, reduces the general anaesthesia time and is less invasive for the patient compared to tooth extraction. During this procedure a part of coronal enamel and dentin is removed and subsequently the dentinal bonding procedure is performed to seal the exposed dentinal tubules. Presented study is evaluating the long term results of odontoplasty treatment with particular attention being paid to the tooth status and functionality, occlusal relations and the radiographic appearance of hard dental tissues, endodontic system and the surrounding periodontium. This retrospective study includes cats which had received odontoplasty procedure and were subsequently presented for a clinical and radiographic reassessment in varied time distances (between four to fifty eight months based on the data collected until present). All feline patients included in the study received thorough clinical and radiographic assessment (including intraoral radiographs and/or three-dimensional imaging - cone beam computed tomography). Preliminary results indicate the importance of this procedure in terms of long-term solution for the occlusal conflict alleviation and demonstrate that the majority of observed teeth did not show neither radiographic nor clinical signs of complications and/or pathologies within hard dental tissues, endodontic system and periodontal tissues.