IADR Abstract Archives
A retrospective review of Periodontitis at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre.
Objectives: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of periodontitis patients diagnosed between 2014-2019 at a tertiary institution in SA.
Methods: Data from 450 patients diagnosed with periodontitis were extracted. Data sets including age, sex, smoking, presence of diabetes, and other systemic diseases were analysed. Periodontal parameters such as plaque score, plaque index, gingival bleeding score, gingival index, number of missing teeth, probing depths, and clinical attachment loss were included for analysis.
Results: Males had higher bleeding index (p=0.035), deeper pockets (p=0.003), and more attachment loss (p<0.001), compared to females. Deeper periodontal pockets were observed in patients with systemic diseases (p=0.018). Smokers had a lower bleeding percentage (p=0.039). There was a higher plaque percentage (p=0.031), and bleeding index (p=0.043), deeper pockets (p<0.001) and more attachment loss (p<0.001) in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Conclusions: Worse periodontal status was observed in males, and patients with diabetes or other general diseases. Additional research is required to elucidate the role of sex and systemic conditions as predisposing factors to periodontitis.
Methods: Data from 450 patients diagnosed with periodontitis were extracted. Data sets including age, sex, smoking, presence of diabetes, and other systemic diseases were analysed. Periodontal parameters such as plaque score, plaque index, gingival bleeding score, gingival index, number of missing teeth, probing depths, and clinical attachment loss were included for analysis.
Results: Males had higher bleeding index (p=0.035), deeper pockets (p=0.003), and more attachment loss (p<0.001), compared to females. Deeper periodontal pockets were observed in patients with systemic diseases (p=0.018). Smokers had a lower bleeding percentage (p=0.039). There was a higher plaque percentage (p=0.031), and bleeding index (p=0.043), deeper pockets (p<0.001) and more attachment loss (p<0.001) in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Conclusions: Worse periodontal status was observed in males, and patients with diabetes or other general diseases. Additional research is required to elucidate the role of sex and systemic conditions as predisposing factors to periodontitis.