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Periodontal status in an urban adult population in Sweden
Author(s) -
Söder PerÖsten,
Jin Li Jian,
Söder Birgitta,
Wikner Sune
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1994.tb01582.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , gingivitis , molar , premolar , oral hygiene , calculus (dental) , population , tooth loss , orthodontics , oral health , environmental health
– The purpose was to describe the current periodontal status in a Swedish urban population aged 31–40 yr. 1681 individuals, 840 men and 841 women, participated in the study. 68.5% of the subjects had low amount of plaque, 82.8% low level of calculus and 28.9% healthy gingiva or mild gingivitis. 82.8% of the subjects had no pockets with probing depth (PD)>5 mm. 4.9% of the subjects had one tooth with PD≥5 mm. 6.7% 2–5 teeth, 2.4% 6–9 teeth and 3.2%≥ 10 teeth with pockets. 55.8% of the subjects had no missing teeth, third molars excluded. 16.5% had one tooth missing, 23.8% 2–5 teeth, 2.7% 6–9 teeth and 1.2% 2 10 teeth. 8.6% of the subjects had at least one front tooth missing, 28.7% one premolar and 24.1% one molar missing. Men had significantly higher scores than women for plaque (DI‐S), calculus (CI‐S), gingivitis (GI‐M), and number and percent of remaining teeth with PD≥5 mm. Smokers had significantly higher scores than non‐smokers for DI‐S, CI‐S, GI‐M, number and percent of remaining teeth with PD≥5 mm, and number of missing teeth. The individuals who visited the dentist every year had better oral hygiene and gingival status than those who attended for > 3 yr. The multiple regression analysis showed that calculus (P = 0.0001) smoking ( P = 0.001), and dental visits ( P = 0.0284) were significantly correlated to the number of teeth with PD≥5 mm.