Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Aug 1;9(8):e988-e994.
doi: 10.4317/jced.54033. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Socioeconomic factors and severity of periodontal disease in adults (35-44 years). A cross sectional study

José-Manuel Almerich-Silla  1 , Pedro J Almiñana-Pastor  2 , Montserrat Boronat-Catalá  2 , Carlos Bellot-Arcís  3 , José-María Montiel-Company  4
Affiliations

Socioeconomic factors and severity of periodontal disease in adults (35-44 years). A cross sectional study

José-Manuel Almerich-Silla et al. J Clin Exp Dent. .

Abstract

Background: Periodontal disease or periodontitis is an inflammatory disease with a hight prevalence. According to the last oral health survey of the Spanish population, between 24% and 37% of Spaniards aged over 35 years have periodontitis and 6% to 10% of the adult population have deep periodontal pockets. The aim of this study was to determine the association between risk factors and the presence of periodontal pockets in the adult population.

Material and methods: A cross sectional or prevalence study of a representative sample of the adult population of the Valencia region was designed. The sample was recruited at 35 health centres, The study was conducted in November and December 2006 under standardized conditions as regards light sources, equipment and instruments and the position of the three previously calibrated dentist examiners.

Results: The sample examined consisted of 733 individuals (220 men and 513 women). Measured by the CPI, 13% were healthy and 5.5% presented bleeding. The prevalence of calculus was 59.3%, that of 3.5-5.5 mm pockets was 15.8% and that of pockets deeper than 5.5 mm was 4.6%. Almost half the sextants were healthy (2.89), 0.61 presented bleeding and 1.74 presented calculus. The mean number of sextants affected by 3.5-5.5 mm pockets was 0.46 and 0.07 presented deep pockets (>5.5 mm). An adjusted multiple logistic regression model with the presence of periodontal pockets as the dependent variable showed that the significant independent variables were low social class (OR=1.81), smoking (OR=1.68), primary education (OR=1.57), male gender (OR=1.56) and age (OR=1.08). The other study variables were not significant in this model.

Conclusions: Socioeconomic factors such as primary education and low social class, as well as gender, age and smoking, were found to be associated to a significant degree with greater prevalence of periodontal disease in the adult population. Key words:Periodontal disease, adults, socioeconomic factors, periodontal pockets, cross sectional study.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement:The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

References

    1. Armitage GC. Clinical evaluation of periodontal diseases. Periodontol 2000. 1995;7:39–53. - PubMed
    1. Bravo M, Almerich JM, Ausina V, Avilés P, Blanco JM, Canorea E. Encuesta de Salud Oral en Espa-a 2015. RCOE. 2016;21:8–48.
    1. Armitage GC. Development of a classification system for periodontal diseases and conditions. Ann Periodontol. 1999;4:1–6. - PubMed
    1. Highfield J. Diagnosis and classification of periodontal disease. Aust Dent J. 2009;54:S11–S26. - PubMed
    1. Löe H, Anerud A, Boysen H, Morrison E. Natural history of periodontal disease in man. Rapid, moderate and no loss of attachment in Sri Lankan laborers 14 to 46 years of age. J Clin Periodontol. 1986;13:431–40. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources