High Frenal Attachment - As a risk Factor of Midline Diastema

Abstract

Dental is a field of dentistry concerned especially with the appearance of dentition as achieved through its arrangement, form and color. The type of malocclusion, the degree of malocclusion, age, patients’ desires, practitioners’ style of treatment as well as gender predilection can influence the final treatment the patient will be subjected to. From functional demands, over the years, patients’ demands have dynamically shifted to meeting the maximum possible. In older patients, it is difficult to treat the malocclusion by only orthodontic procedures, hence bringing in the requirement of performing a multidisciplinary approach of dental treatment to provide the maximum for the patient. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of high attachments as a risk for . A sample size of 272 patients' information from the Dental Information Archiving Software database of an institutional setup in Chennai was taken, and a retrospective study was performed followed by data analysis using SPSS version 20.0 software. Within the limits of the study, it can be said that 13.6% of the cases are caused by high attachments. No significant association between age, gender and attachments associated with was confirmed in this study. P-value associated with high attachment and age was 0.28, and P-value associated with high attachment and gender was 0.39.