Effect of Contraceptive Pills in Tooth Movement and Oral Manifestation in Orthodontic Patients

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: Oral contraceptive pills can be considered among the most frequently utilized classes of drugs to prevent pregnancy, because it is the commonest, widest and cheapest way. So, the aim of the present study is to examine the impact of contraceptive pills in tooth movement, and to show the effect of contraceptive pills in the oral cavity health, and present any oral manifestation in orthodontic patients. Materials and Methods: The sample population examined in this study comprised 30 women with fixed orthodontic appliance. They were separated into 2 groups. The first group consisted of fifteen non-married women to be used as control group. The second group consisted of fifteen married women using contraceptive pills. These patients needed the impression for the upper arch, maxillary cast measurements were made at the beginning of canine retraction (T0) and at every 21 days in 4 visits (T1, T2, T3, T4). These measurements were necessary to assess the amount of tooth movement in each groups. Oral examination was also done for the women of the two groups. Conclusion: The patients, who wear fixed orthodontic appliance and use oralcontraceptive pills have a significant less tooth movement than those patients who do not use contraceptive pills and they have a significant increase in the periodontal disease, and show higher percentage of pigmentation, pyogenic granuloma, and mucosal ulceration than non-user group. So, patients are advised to use another preventive method