Introduction: The study was conducted to find out the significance of transient bacteraemia consequent to tooth brushing in patients undergoing different orthodontic procedures.
Materials and methods: The study was carried out on 75 patients categorized in the separate groups with 25 subjects in each group of fixed, removable and myofunctional appliances. A matching control of 25 dental students was taken for comparison.
Statistical analysis: The data was analyzed with the help of arithmetical mean and Chi-square test.
Results: It was observed that the transient bacteraemia consequent to tooth brushing in different orthodontic treatment groups was not significantly different from that found in subjects not wearing orthodontic appliances (control group).
Conclusions: The risk of bacterial endocarditis and other cardiac lesions is not anyway higher in the patients wearing orthodontic appliances than those who were not undergoing any orthodontic treatment.
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