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Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study

BACKGROUND: Habitual khat chewing is a widespread male habit in Southern Arabia and East Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Khat chewing on oral hygiene and periodontal health status among Yemeni male khat chewers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This case- control study included 310 kh...

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Autores principales: AL-Maweri, Sadeq-Ali, AlAkhali, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28512538
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.53520
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description BACKGROUND: Habitual khat chewing is a widespread male habit in Southern Arabia and East Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Khat chewing on oral hygiene and periodontal health status among Yemeni male khat chewers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This case- control study included 310 khat chewers, aged 20-65 years, and 72 age- and gender- matched non-chewers as controls. Periodontal examination included recording of dental plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), probing pocket depth (PPD), attachment level (AL) and gingival recession (GR). Demographic data, oral hygiene practices, and duration, frequency and site of khat chewing were obtained using questionnaires. SPSS was used for data analysis. ANOVA and t- tests were used to compare groups. RESULTS: Khat chewers had significantly higher mean PI, AL, GR scores than non-chewers (P < 0.05). However, no significant differences in the GI and PPD mean scores were observed between both groups (p > 0.05). Interestingly, the results showed that the chewing side had less PI, GI and PPD than non-chewing side. However, gingival recession was significantly higher in the chewing side. The duration of chewing showed a significant effect on PI, PPD, AL, and GR but had no effect on the gingival condition. Likewise, the frequency of chewing showed a significant effect on PPD, AL, and GR, but had no effect on other indices (PI and GI). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that khat chewing have a detrimental effect on the periodontium. Key words:Khat chewing, periodontal health, oral hygiene.
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spelling pubmed-54294732017-05-16 Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study AL-Maweri, Sadeq-Ali AlAkhali, Mohammed J Clin Exp Dent Research BACKGROUND: Habitual khat chewing is a widespread male habit in Southern Arabia and East Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Khat chewing on oral hygiene and periodontal health status among Yemeni male khat chewers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This case- control study included 310 khat chewers, aged 20-65 years, and 72 age- and gender- matched non-chewers as controls. Periodontal examination included recording of dental plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), probing pocket depth (PPD), attachment level (AL) and gingival recession (GR). Demographic data, oral hygiene practices, and duration, frequency and site of khat chewing were obtained using questionnaires. SPSS was used for data analysis. ANOVA and t- tests were used to compare groups. RESULTS: Khat chewers had significantly higher mean PI, AL, GR scores than non-chewers (P < 0.05). However, no significant differences in the GI and PPD mean scores were observed between both groups (p > 0.05). Interestingly, the results showed that the chewing side had less PI, GI and PPD than non-chewing side. However, gingival recession was significantly higher in the chewing side. The duration of chewing showed a significant effect on PI, PPD, AL, and GR but had no effect on the gingival condition. Likewise, the frequency of chewing showed a significant effect on PPD, AL, and GR, but had no effect on other indices (PI and GI). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that khat chewing have a detrimental effect on the periodontium. Key words:Khat chewing, periodontal health, oral hygiene. Medicina Oral S.L. 2017-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5429473/ /pubmed/28512538 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.53520 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study
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title_full Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study
title_fullStr Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study
title_full_unstemmed Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study
title_short Oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. A case-control study
title_sort oral hygiene and periodontal health status among khat chewers. a case-control study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28512538
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.53520
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