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Periodontitis-Related Knowledge and Its Relationship with Oral Health Behavior among Adult Patients Seeking Professional Periodontal Care

Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that not only damages the stomatognathic system, but may also adversely influence other systems and organs. Patients with low oral health literacy levels are more prone to gingivitis/periodontitis and have a more severe disease course. Meth...

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Autores principales: Dolińska, Ewa, Milewski, Robert, Pietruska, Maria Julia, Gumińska, Katarzyna, Prysak, Natalia, Tarasewicz, Tomasz, Janica, Maciej, Pietruska, Małgorzata
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8949077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329843
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11061517
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author Dolińska, Ewa
Milewski, Robert
Pietruska, Maria Julia
Gumińska, Katarzyna
Prysak, Natalia
Tarasewicz, Tomasz
Janica, Maciej
Pietruska, Małgorzata
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Milewski, Robert
Pietruska, Maria Julia
Gumińska, Katarzyna
Prysak, Natalia
Tarasewicz, Tomasz
Janica, Maciej
Pietruska, Małgorzata
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description Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that not only damages the stomatognathic system, but may also adversely influence other systems and organs. Patients with low oral health literacy levels are more prone to gingivitis/periodontitis and have a more severe disease course. Methods: A written questionnaire was carried out to assess the knowledge of patients of the Outpatient Clinic of Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. The questions concerned knowledge regarding the causes of periodontal disease, its risk factors, and the connection between periodontal disease and general health status. To analyze the population, patients were divided according to gender, age and if they were first-time or regular outpatients. Results: Written questionnaires were completed by a total of 302 patients. In the studied population, we noted knowledge deficits, particularly related to weaker periodontal disease risk factors (stress, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity) and the genetic factor, which is the determinant of periodontitis. The patients’ awareness of the role of plaque bacteria and the effect of smoking on the periodontium was at a relatively high level. The respondents were also aware of the impact of periodontal disease on general health as well as the role of oral hygiene in preventing the disease. At the same time, few of them (26%) used interdental brushes or an irrigator (8%). Conclusions: We demonstrated that patients have an insufficient level of knowledge related to risk factors as well as the prevention of periodontal disease. Awareness of the extent of oral health literacy among patients will help to identify key issues connected with health education interventions
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spelling pubmed-89490772022-03-26 Periodontitis-Related Knowledge and Its Relationship with Oral Health Behavior among Adult Patients Seeking Professional Periodontal Care Dolińska, Ewa Milewski, Robert Pietruska, Maria Julia Gumińska, Katarzyna Prysak, Natalia Tarasewicz, Tomasz Janica, Maciej Pietruska, Małgorzata J Clin Med Article Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that not only damages the stomatognathic system, but may also adversely influence other systems and organs. Patients with low oral health literacy levels are more prone to gingivitis/periodontitis and have a more severe disease course. Methods: A written questionnaire was carried out to assess the knowledge of patients of the Outpatient Clinic of Department of Periodontal and Oral Mucosa Diseases, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. The questions concerned knowledge regarding the causes of periodontal disease, its risk factors, and the connection between periodontal disease and general health status. To analyze the population, patients were divided according to gender, age and if they were first-time or regular outpatients. Results: Written questionnaires were completed by a total of 302 patients. In the studied population, we noted knowledge deficits, particularly related to weaker periodontal disease risk factors (stress, diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity) and the genetic factor, which is the determinant of periodontitis. The patients’ awareness of the role of plaque bacteria and the effect of smoking on the periodontium was at a relatively high level. The respondents were also aware of the impact of periodontal disease on general health as well as the role of oral hygiene in preventing the disease. At the same time, few of them (26%) used interdental brushes or an irrigator (8%). Conclusions: We demonstrated that patients have an insufficient level of knowledge related to risk factors as well as the prevention of periodontal disease. Awareness of the extent of oral health literacy among patients will help to identify key issues connected with health education interventions MDPI 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8949077/ /pubmed/35329843 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11061517 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Milewski, Robert
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Prysak, Natalia
Tarasewicz, Tomasz
Janica, Maciej
Pietruska, Małgorzata
Periodontitis-Related Knowledge and Its Relationship with Oral Health Behavior among Adult Patients Seeking Professional Periodontal Care
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title_short Periodontitis-Related Knowledge and Its Relationship with Oral Health Behavior among Adult Patients Seeking Professional Periodontal Care
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8949077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329843
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11061517
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