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Periodontal treatment needs in 12 and 15 to 19‐year‐old school children in the Caribbean island of Antigua, 1990
Author(s) -
Vignarajah S.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of periodontal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.31
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0765
pISSN - 0022-3484
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1994.tb01229.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , rural area , dentistry , hygiene , oral examination , demography , calculus (dental) , oral health , pathology , sociology
A national survey was undertaken in 1990 to investigate the periodontal treatment needs in 12 and 15 to 19‐year‐olds residing in urban and rural areas of Antigua. Using the CPITN procedure, examination of 246 12 year‐old children and 456 adolescents (15–19 years) revealed that the CPITN scores of healthy, gingival bleeding, calculus, 4 or 5 mm and ≥6 mm periodontal pockets were distributed similarly in urban and rural areas. Calculus was the most commonly recorded score, with a prevalence of 46% in 12‐year‐olds and 56% in 15–19 year‐olds. 4 or 5 mm pockets were found in 14% of adolescents, affecting on average less than one sextant per subject, but deep pockets were uncommon, 26% of 12‐year‐olds and 14% of adolescents had periodontally healthy mouths. Scaling and oral hygiene instruction were the predominant treatment needs in both age groups, but the requirement for complex periodontal care in adolescents was low – 3% only.