Dental Pulp Oxygen Saturation in Periodontally Compromised Teeth

Teeth periodontitis is an infectious disease leading to loosening of surrounding supporting structures, these surrounding tissues are connected to pulp tissue through apical foramen. The aim of this study is to evaluate the pulp health status clinically using pulse oximeter in sound periodontally compromised teeth. Sixty teeth are the experiments were divided into 3 groups, 20 teeth for each group as follows: moderate periodontitis, severe periodontitis and advanced periodontitis. The Pulp oxygen saturation level was 86.7, 84.2 and 78,8 moderate periodontitis, severe periodontitis and advanced periodontitis respectively. According to these results there is a direct proportion between decreased oxygen saturation level of pulp tissue and the severity of periodontitis.