Periodontal health status and prevalence of root caries in Brazilian adults of Aracaju city

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease and root caries in a Brazilian population, in the city of Aracaju, state of Sergipe. Two hundred subjects, age ranging from 20 - 60 years old, were recruited. The following full-mouth clinical parameters were evaluated: number of missing teeth, number of exposure root surfaces (gingival recession) and root caries, bleeding score, root caries index (RCI), and periodontal screening recording (PSR). The outcomes demonstrated a mean of 4.54% of missing teeth per patient, bleeding score of 29.72, 1.26 root caries, and a RCI of 9.21%. The most prevalent PSR score was 2 (for all the mandible sextants), 0 (2nd sextant), 1 (3rd sextant), and 3 (1st sextant). Based on theses results, it is concluded that the prevalence of periodontal disease and root caries occur with low frequency in the subjects evaluated. Key words: Periodontal screening record, root caries, periodontal disease.