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Self‐reported oral problems, compared with clinical assessment in an epidemiological study
Author(s) -
AirilaMånsson S,
Bjurshammar N,
Yakob M,
Söder B
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of dental hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1601-5037
pISSN - 1601-5029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2007.00231.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , epidemiology , analysis of variance , molar , bleeding on probing , significant difference , oral examination , one way analysis of variance , periodontal disease , oral health
Objectives: To study self‐reported oral problems in relation to periodontal clinical findings in an epidemiological investigation. Materials and methods: 1676 individuals, 828 men and 848 women, participated. The clinical examination comprised the number of remaining teeth excluding third molars, plaque index (PLI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP%), calculus index (CI) and the number of teeth with pocket depth (PD) ≥5 mm. Participants answered a questionnaire concerning smoking and snuffing habits and described in their own words any oral problems present. Analysis of variance ( anova ), unpaired t ‐test and chi‐squared test were the statistical methods used. Results: The questionnaire was completed by 99.4% of participants. Problems of the teeth and mouth were reported by 28.9% of respondents comprising 31.8% females and 26.2% males. The difference between the sexes was statistically significant ( P < 0.05). Of the reported oral problems, 57.4% was of periodontal origin. The differences between subjects with and without self‐reported mobile teeth showed significant clinical outcome in PLI ( P < 0.001), CI ( P < 0.01), GI ( P < 0.001), BOP% ( P < 0.01), the number of teeth with PD ≥ 5 mm ( P < 0.001) and the number of remaining teeth ( P < 0.001). The differences between subjects with and without self‐reported periodontal disease and with and without bleeding gingiva also showed significant differences in CI ( P < 0.05), GI ( P < 0.05) and the number of teeth with PD ≥ 5 mm ( P < 0.05) and in PLI (0.001), CI ( P < 0.01), GI ( P < 0.001) and BOP% ( P < 0.001) respectively. Conclusions: Present study clearly shows that self‐reported periodontal problems were confirmed by clinical assessments.