Τίτλος:
A RADIOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF PERIODONTAL CONDITIONS IN GREECE
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The present study used radiographic assessments to evaluate the pattern
of destructive periodontal disease in a rural and an urban sample of
25-64 year old Greek adults. The rural sample (A) comprised 190 subjects
and the urban sample (B) 400 subjects. 13% of the subjects in sample A
and 8% in sample B were edentulous. Full-mouth intraoral radiographs
were obtained from the 503 dentate subjects and were examined with
respect to (i) number and type of teeth present, and (ii) alveolar bone
level (ABL), i.e., the distance between the cementoenamel junction and
the alveolar bone crest at the approximal tooth surfaces. The results
revealed that alveolar bone loss was ubiquitous in both samples.
Pronounced bone loss, however, (i.e., a subject mean ABL of greater than
or equal to 6 mm) affected 18% (sample A) and 8% (sample B) of the
individuals. Although an ABL of greater than or equal to 6 mm was scored
at 7.2 sites/subject in sample A and at 4.5 sites/subject in sample B,
more than 10 such sites were found in 23% (A) and 11% (B) of the
examined subjects. 25% of the subjects in the rural sample (A) and 12%
in the urban sample (B) accounted for 75% of the total number of tooth
sites with pronounced bone loss. Multiple regression revealed that age
and number of remaining teeth were the parameters most strongly
correlated with the amount of bone loss on both the individual subject
and the tooth site level. The present findings (i) demonstrated a high
prevalence and severity of destructive periodontal disease in these 2
samples, and (ii) confirmed the skewed distribution of advanced disease
in the population.
Συγγραφείς:
DIAMANTIKIPIOTI, A
AFENTOULIDIS, N
MORAITAKITSAMI, A
LINDHE,
J
MITSIS, F
PAPAPANOU, PN
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Clinical Periodontology
Εκδότης:
MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
EPIDEMIOLOGY; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-051X.1995.tb00165.x
