PERIODONTAL DISEASE STATUS AMONG ADULT POPULATIONATTENDING PRIVATE DENTAL HOSPITALAT GADAP TOWN KARACHI
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the periodontal disease status among adult population of private dental clinic of outpatient department Karachi. It was descriptive cross sectional study. A brief study protocol was explained and verbal Informed consent was obtained from each study particip...
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| Language: | English |
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Baqai University Press
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Baqai Journal of Health Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://journals.baqai.edu.pk/index.php/CS/article/view/81 |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the periodontal disease status among adult population of private
dental clinic of outpatient department Karachi. It was descriptive cross sectional study.
A brief study protocol was explained and verbal Informed consent was obtained from each study participants
before the oral examination. The examination of oral cavity was carried out according to the World’s Health
Organization oral health survey form (1997) using an examination instruments and CPITN probe under
proper light source. The data was analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences SPSS 20 version.
A total of 104 study participants. The mean age was 2.09 and standard deviations showed 0.837, along
with the three age groups were 20-25 (30.8%), 26-35 (29.8%), and 36-45 (39.4%). However, the individuals
were doing private job were 44.2%, governments job peoples was 14.4%, businessman persons were 1.9%,
jobless individuals were 4.8%, those women’s are housewives were 32.7% and other jobs doing participants
like tailor, labor-man, shopkeepers etc., were 1.9%. According to the community periodontal index (CPI)
the patients who had diagnosed with bleeding gums were 22.1% this result showed that gingivitis was seen
in this rural community of Gadap town, likewise, those patients who attended the dental hospital OPD that
have a poor oral hygiene noticed that plaque and calculus deposition was seen during the oral examination
were 52.9%. A few personnel who attended the dental clinic in the hospital they had a periodontal pocket
depth 4-5mm and gingivitis were 3.8%.
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| ISSN: | 2312-4423 2312-6884 |