Periodontal Hastalık Öz Farkındalığının ve Potansiyel İlişkili Faktörlerin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Objective: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the periodontal disease self-awareness of the patients. Other aims of the study are i) to determine the patients complains which may indicate periodontal disease and ii) to investigate the relationship between patient self - awareness of periodontal disease and age, gender, education level and periodontal status. Material-Method: The study was conducted on 214 individuals who applied to the periodontology clinic with various complaints. Plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), clinical attachment loss (CAL), gingival recession (GR) were measured. The diagnosis of periodontal disease was made based on the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases and Conditions and the patients were divided into two groups as periodontitis and gingivitis. Periodontitis patients were classified according to stage /grade of periodontitis. Patients' gender, age, education status were recorded and periodontal disease self-awareness status was evaluated through a questionnaire.Results: 111 women and 103 men with an average age of 41±15.3 were included into the study. While the self-awareness rate of the participants included in the study was 48.1%; this rate was 44.6 % in gingivitis group; it was found to be 53.6% in the periodontitis group (p=0,201). Stage (p=0,834) /grade (0,554) of periodontitis were not related to self-awareness. Patient’s age and education did not affect awareness (pg0.05), whereas the awareness rate was higher in women (pl0.05). It was determined that the most common complaint in patients who are aware of periodontal disease was bleeding gums. Conclusion: The preset study showed that self-awareness of periodontal disease among the participants was low. These results revealed the need to increase self-awareness of periodontal disease.