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Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Periodontal disease is of public health concern and hence data on its prevalence rate are necessary. We have documented the prevalence pattern of periodontal disease in a rural population of Belgaum district, India, and identify the optimal treatment needs (TNs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A...

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Autores principales: Sekhon, Tegbir Singh, Grewal, Simran, Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810646
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.149102
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author Sekhon, Tegbir Singh
Grewal, Simran
Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh
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description BACKGROUND: Periodontal disease is of public health concern and hence data on its prevalence rate are necessary. We have documented the prevalence pattern of periodontal disease in a rural population of Belgaum district, India, and identify the optimal treatment needs (TNs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried on 1680 dentate adult subjects, examined from 12 villages in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India for prevalence of periodontal status and their TNs (using Community Periodontal Index for Treatment Needs [CPITN]). RESULTS: Increase in CPITN score positively correlated with age. Only 4.3% (13) of subjects in the age-group of 20-29 had a CPITN score of 4 indicative of pockets of 6 mm or more when compared to 26% (91) of subjects in the age-group of 45-60 years. 92% (569) of the subjects in the age-group of 30-44 were having a TN score 2 whereas only 5.3% (33) of subjects were having a TN score 0 in the same age-group. Significantly higher need for treatment was observed in males, smokers and subjects using finger and tooth powder. Surprisingly diet of the subjects did not influence TNs. CONCLUSION: Increased prevalence of periodontal diseases and TNs was observed. There is a need for initiating adequate awareness regarding oral hygiene, specifically primary prevention could help in reducing the prevalence of periodontal disease.
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spelling pubmed-43670192015-03-25 Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study Sekhon, Tegbir Singh Grewal, Simran Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh J Nat Sci Biol Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Periodontal disease is of public health concern and hence data on its prevalence rate are necessary. We have documented the prevalence pattern of periodontal disease in a rural population of Belgaum district, India, and identify the optimal treatment needs (TNs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried on 1680 dentate adult subjects, examined from 12 villages in Belgaum district, Karnataka, India for prevalence of periodontal status and their TNs (using Community Periodontal Index for Treatment Needs [CPITN]). RESULTS: Increase in CPITN score positively correlated with age. Only 4.3% (13) of subjects in the age-group of 20-29 had a CPITN score of 4 indicative of pockets of 6 mm or more when compared to 26% (91) of subjects in the age-group of 45-60 years. 92% (569) of the subjects in the age-group of 30-44 were having a TN score 2 whereas only 5.3% (33) of subjects were having a TN score 0 in the same age-group. Significantly higher need for treatment was observed in males, smokers and subjects using finger and tooth powder. Surprisingly diet of the subjects did not influence TNs. CONCLUSION: Increased prevalence of periodontal diseases and TNs was observed. There is a need for initiating adequate awareness regarding oral hygiene, specifically primary prevention could help in reducing the prevalence of periodontal disease. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4367019/ /pubmed/25810646 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.149102 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sekhon, Tegbir Singh
Grewal, Simran
Gambhir, Ramandeep Singh
Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study
title Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study
title_full Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study
title_short Periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of India: A cross-sectional study
title_sort periodontal health status and treatment needs of the rural population of india: a cross-sectional study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810646
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.149102
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