CLINICAL STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF WIND INSTRUMENT PLAYING ON PERIODONTAL CONDITIONS

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This study investigates the effect of wind instrument playing on the periodontal condition by comparing and analyzing wind instrument players and non-wind instrument players by various clinical paramenters, including periodontal index, bleeding index, simplified oral hygiene index, and non-functional tooth index. The subjects consist of 65 wind instrument players and 31 non-players. The players were divided into 4 groups ; Those who use cup-shaped mouthpieces as Group A, single reed mouthpieces as Group B, double reed mouthieces as Group C, and hole mouthpieces as Group D. Non-players are designated as Group E. The results are as follows ; 1. Periodontal Index Group A recorded $1.2{\pm}0.7$, Group B $1.1{\pm}0.7$, Group C $1.3{\pm}0.5$, Group D $2.1{\pm}0.5$, and Group E $0.9{\pm}0.6$, with no statistically significant differences among the groups. 2. Bleeding Index Group A shwed 0.23, Group B 0.25, Group C 3.0, Group D 0.38, and Group E 0.23, with no statistically significant differences among the groups. 3. Non-functional Tooth Index Group A recorded 2.0, Group B 1.0, Group C 3.0, Group D 0, Group E 0.7, with no statistically significant differences among the groups. 4. Simplified Oral Hygiene Index Buccal sides of maxillary 1st molars, lingual sides of mandibular 1st molars, labial sides of maxillary anterior teeth, and lingual sides of mandibular anterior teeth were investigated, and there was no statistically significant differences among the groups.