Abstract
Aims: To evaluate the oral health status (dental caries, periodontal disease and treatment needs) in Yemenis adult individuals. Material and Methods: The sample included 471 individuals, age ranging between 20–59 years of both sexes using sharp dental caries explorers with WHO periodontal probes to detect periodontal health by the use of DMFT index of WHO (1997) and CPITN by WHO (1987). Results: The mean DMFT for the total sample was 7.33 + 0.3 which was increased with increasing age for the different age groups with a significant difference but no significant difference in the mean DMFT for total males and females has been found. The results also showed that the total number of teeth (880) with a mean of 1.81 tooth/person in need of treatment is the most prevalent needed one surface filling, and 581 teeth with a mean of 1.23 tooth/ person needed two or more surfaces filling. According to the highest CPITN there was significant difference between male and female in calculus at p < 0.05 and shallow pockets at p < 0.01. The results also revealed that the mean number of healthy sextants for the total sample was 4.13 while for bleeding and calculus were 1.02 and 0.21, respectively. It means that the treatment needs for periodontal disease is more toward oral hygiene procedure and prophylaxis. Conclusion: Dental health education program is an essential activity for promoting optimal oral health and preventing oral diseases
Highlights
Periodontitis is a bacterial infection of all parts of the periodontium including gingiva, periodontal ligament, bone and cementum, which result in irreversible destruction to the tissue of the periodontium
Periodontal disease usually begins at childhood as gingivitis which increases in prevalence and severity to the early “teen” years and it may lead to the development of periodontitis which is associated with pocket formation and bone resorption in adult population,(2, 3) while dental caries is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases of man
There was no significant difference in the mean DMFT for total males (7.17) and total females (7.50) but there was a significant difference in the mean DMFT and its components between different age groups and the caries prevalence was increased with age for both sexes
Summary
Periodontitis is a bacterial infection of all parts of the periodontium including gingiva, periodontal ligament, bone and cementum, which result in irreversible destruction to the tissue of the periodontium. Periodontal disease usually begins at childhood as gingivitis which increases in prevalence and severity to the early “teen” years and it may lead to the development of periodontitis which is associated with pocket formation and bone resorption in adult population,(2, 3) while dental caries is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases of man. It is localized progressive demineralization of the hard tissues of the crown (coronal enamel, dentin, root cementum and dentin) surfaces of teeth.[4] Dental caries is age related prevalence beginning soon after tooth eruption in susceptible children and increase with age,(5) and it is most prevalent chronic disease. The purposes of this study were to estimate the prevalence and severity of dental caries and periodontal diseases in people of Yemen (Thamar City) of age 20–59 years old and the treatment need for them to obtain data that can help in planning preventive dental health program
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