Retrospective Study of the Periodontal Conditions At The IUST Dental Clinics_ Syria

Abstract

Background and aim: One of the cross- sectional studies objectives within a limited time is data deduction about one or several conditions attempting to identify the propensities and distribution of these conditions among different age groups in the studied population. Materials and methods; Data were collected from 451 files of patients recalled the department of periodontology at the IUST and were grouped according to age into adolescent, adult, elderly. Registering personal information, medical history, and the periodontal indices using the periodontal probe (UNC15: Hu-Friedy, Chicago, IL, USA), included the plaque index (PI), probing depth (PD), bleeding on probing (BOP), recession, attached gingiva, and mucogingival deformities Statistics were processed using SPSS 24^th ed, and significance level at P>0.05. Results: Moderate plaque accumulation in three groups and in the adolescent; chronic gingivitis ranked first (80%) followed by periodontitis (20%), while in the adult; chronic periodontitis (59.7%), chronic gingivitis (37.7%), acute gingivitis (0.8%), aggressive periodontitis (0.5%), additionally; in the elderly chronic periodontitis (89.1%) then chronic gingivitis (10.9%). Probing depth mean was significantly less in the adolescent group (PD=3.4±0.91, p=0,04) compared with both of the adult and the elderly (PD=4.4±1.45mm, 95%, CI -1,85_-0,7), (PD=4.9±1.14mm, 95%, CI -2,38_-0,37), successively. Individuals with both periodontal disease and systemic condition formed 13.3% of the sample. Conclusion: Age progression was accompanied with increased prevalence of chronic periodontitis overweighing chronic gingivitis and other plaque induced conditions imposing an increased awareness towards the oral hygiene procedures and emphasis on the surveillance of the young groups before the periodontal condition exaggeration.