Mouth breathing has been reported to affect gingival health in children. However, studies on the effect of mouthbreathing in adult patients are scarce. Objective: To examine the relationship between mouth breathing and gingivalcondition and to evaluate the distribution of gingival inflammation in young adult mouth breathing patients.Methods: Study groups comprised of participants with mouth breathing (test group) and nose breathing (controlgroup) patients with gingivitis. Both the groups underwent periodontal examination. PI, GI and BOP % sites wererecorded and analyzed statistically for the differences in mean values. Results: Mouth breathing patients showedhigher full mouth GI and BOP scores. Upper anterior segment in mouth breathing patients showed highest GI andBOP followed by lower anterior segment, lower posterior and upper posterior region. Conclusion: Within the limitsof present study, our findings suggest that relative to control group participants, test group i.e. patients with mouthbreathing had higher gingival inflammation and bleeding sites in upper anterior region. |