KUMJ | VOL. 13 | NO. 3 | ISSUE 51 | JULY-SEPT. 2015
Association between Dental Prosthesis and Periodontal Disease among Patients Visiting a Tertiary Dental Care Centre in Eastern Nepal.
Mansuri M, Shrestha A
Abstract: Background
Dental caries and Periodontal diseases are the most prevalent oral health problems
present globally. The distribution and severity of such oral health problems varies in
different parts of the world and even in different regions of the same country. Nepal
is one of the country with higher prevalence rate of these problems. These problems
arise in association with multiple factors.
Objective
This study was carried out to describe the periodontal status and to analyse the
association of periodontal disease with the wearing of fixed or removable partial
dentures in a Nepalese population reporting to the College of Dental Surgery, B P
Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Method
This study comprised of a sample of 200 adult individuals. All data were collected by
performing clinical examinations in accordance with the World Health Organization
Oral Health Surveys Basic Methods Criteria. It included the Community Periodontal
Index and dental prosthesis examination.
Result
A descriptive analysis was performed and odds ratio (1.048) and 95% confidence
interval (1.001; 1.096) was found out. The mean age of the population participated
in the study was 41.82 ± 14.80 years. A total of 93 (46.5%) males and 107 (53.5%)
females participated in the study. Among these subjects, 100% presented some
periodontal problems. The statistical analysis indicated that the probability of
periodontal disease with regards to wearing partial dentures was not significant as
suggested by the odds ratio (1.048).
Conclusion
There is no association of the wearing of dental prosthesis (RPD and/or FPD) with the
periodontal disease and suggests a need for populations based oral health education
programs, plaque control programs to reduce the incidence of periodontal disease.
Keyword : Community periodontal index, dental prosthesis, oral health, periodontal disease.
