Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:30:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarianneNMN_capa_ate_secao3.pdf: 245783 bytes, checksum: 4f928aea72870694ac1bb2867b0c9fcb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-01 / The presence of fixed orthodontics appliances interfere on sanitation, allowing periodontal diseases to appear, despite the fact patients keep on visiting the dentist every month. This research aims to determine a protocol for the mechanical control of the dental biofilm performed by the professional. A protocol that was able to maintain the periodontal health of the patients under orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances, and in order to do so, it used a non-controlled, randomized and blind clinical essay. The sample involved 40 adolescents who were under the installation of fixed orthodontics appliances and it was divided in three groups, as follows: monthly controlled group (group 1) composed of 11 patients, the quarterly controlled group (group 2) with 16 patients and the semestrial controlled group (group 3) with 13 patients. For data collection, an interview and clinical exams with probing depth measurement, quantity of keratinized mucosa, Gingival Index and the Plaque Index were used. On the initial exam all patients received brushing guidelines as well as the professional control of dental biofilm, with periodontal scaler, Robinson s brush and prophylactic paste. However, Group 1 returned every month for control procedures; Group 2 every three months and Group 3 after six months. The intervention had a six-month duration (for all the three groups), when all the exams were repeated by another examiner who did not know which group each patient was inserted in. Finally, the research concluded that despite the fact there is no statistically significant difference among the three groups, clinically the patients from the monthly group presented a better response to professional control, with less accumulation of dental biofilm and less rate of gingival inflammation. Thus, the mechanical control of the dental biofilm performed by the professional could not avoid gingival increase, characterized by the raise of probing depth measurement, neither the quantity of keratinized mucosa / A presen?a do aparelho ortod?ntico fixo dificulta a higieniza??o, tornando comum o aparecimento de problemas periodontais nestes pacientes, apesar de manterem contato todo m?s com o dentista. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi determinar um protocolo, de controle mec?nico do biofilme dent?rio executado pelo profissional, que fosse capaz de manter a sa?de periodontal de pacientes em tratamento ortod?ntico com aparelho fixo, para tanto se empregou um ensaio cl?nico, n?o-controlado, randomizado e cego. A amostra envolveu 40 adolescentes na fase de instala??o do aparelho ortod?ntico fixo, e foi dividida em tr?s grupos sendo eles: o grupo do controle mensal (grupo 1) composto de 11 pacientes, o grupo do controle trimestral (grupo 2) com 16 pacientes e o grupo do controle semestral (grupo 3) com 13 pacientes. Para a coleta de dados adotou-se uma entrevista e exame cl?nico com medi??es da profundidade de sondagem, quantidade de mucosa ceratinizada, ?ndice Gengival e o ?ndice de Placa. No exame inicial todos os pacientes receberam orienta??o de escova??o e controle profissional de biofilme dent?rio, com curetas periodontais, escova de Robinson e pasta profil?tica. Sendo que o grupo 1 retornou a cada m?s para o controle; o 2 a cada tr?s meses e o 3 ap?s seis meses. A interven??o teve uma dura??o de seis meses (para os tr?s grupos), quando todos os exames foram repetidos por outro examinador que desconhecia a qual grupo pertencia cada paciente. Ao final da pesquisa foi poss?vel concluir que apesar de n?o existir diferen?a estatisticamente significativa entre os tr?s grupos, clinicamente os pacientes do grupo mensal apresentaram uma melhor resposta ao controle profissional, com menor ac?mulo de biofilme dent?rio e menor grau de inflama??o gengival. Contudo, o controle mec?nico do biofilme dent?rio executado pelo profissional n?o conseguiu prevenir o aumento gengival, caracterizado pela eleva??o da profundidade de sondagem, bem como da quantidade de mucosa ceratinizada