Correlation Of Radiographic Occurence Of Pulp Stones To Age, Gender And Clinical Conditions In Mandibular First Molars - A Retrospective Data Analysis In Chennai Population .

Abstract

Introduction:

Pulp stones are discrete calcified masses found in the dental pulp, in the pulp tissue or become attached to or embedded into the dentine. Structurally, pulp stones can be classified as true or false, the former being made of dentine and lined by odontoblasts, whereas false pulp stones are formed from degenerating cells of the pulp that get mineralized. The aim of the study was to determine the correlation of pulp stones to age, gender and clinical conditions of the tooth in mandibular first molars.

Materials and methods:

It is a university based study, data was collected and analysed through SPSS and the results were given in the form of bar graphs.

Results:

From the results of the study, pulp stones are more prevalent in younger age groups of 20-40 years (p<0.05) and more prevalent among males (p<0.05) than females. The prevalence of pulp stones varies among each population.

Conclusion:

From the study, the prevalence of pulp stone was found to be more in men than women. This may be due to various factors such as bruxism, iatrogenic factors such as trauma, and longstanding irritation to the pulp.