Association of Systemic Diseases with Periodontitis among Patients Attending A Private Dental College in Chennai - A Record based Study

Abstract

Oral cavity works as a continuous space of infectious agents and its condition reflects in progression ofsystemic diseases. Recent studies state that periodontal disease may be a potential marker to systemicdiseases. Aim of the study was to determine the association of periodontitis and systemic disease amongpatients attending a private dental college. Russell’s periodontal index was used to measure the periodontaldisease.This study included all periodontal index patient records from 18- 80 years old who visited thedental college in the month of January 2020 and a total of 136 records were reviewed. Descriptive statisticsand chi square tests were used for statistical analysis. In the sample population (N= 136), 64.71% males and35.29 % females were present. Age distribution of the records showed that 16.91 % of the study populationwere 18-35 years old; 36.03% were 36-50 years and 47.06% were 51-80 years. It was found that 0.74% ofthe study population had normal gingiva; 8.09% had simple gingivitis; 23.53 % had beginning destructiveperiodontitis; 53.68% had established destructive periodontitis and 13.97 % had terminal periodontaldisease. Results revealed that 35.56 % of the study population reported to have systemic disease. Significantassociation was found between age and periodontal disease; age and systemic disease (p<0.05). Results ofthe present study showed that there was no significant association between periodontal status and systemicdisease condition of the study population (X2 = 5.826a;; p>0.05)