Nagarajan Sripriya, Pushpanjali K
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, MS Ramaiah Dental College, Bangalore - 560 054, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2008 Jul-Sep;19(3):243-6. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.42958.
The purpose of the present cross-sectional study was to assess the extent of agreement between clinical and self-assessed periodontal health status among patients visiting the outpatient department of M.S. Ramaiah Dental College, Bangalore, India.
The study population included 216 patients aged between 20 and 44 years who attended the outpatient department of the M.S. Ramaiah Dental College, Bangalore. The study population was subjected to a self-administered questionnaire (questions regarding bleeding gums, deposits on teeth, receding gums, swelling of gums, loose teeth), which was followed by periodontal examination. The clinical examination included an assessment of the periodontal condition, using the criteria of Loe and Silness Gingival Index, the Community Periodontal Index, and Mobility, respectively.
The present study showed that the perceived periodontal health status was low and the discrepancy between the subjectively and objectively assessed needs was very distinct. The awareness of the periodontal problems has been reported to increase with increasing severity of the disease due to the destructive changes that set in.
本横断面研究的目的是评估印度班加罗尔 M.S. 拉马亚牙科学院门诊部患者的临床牙周健康状况与自我评估的牙周健康状况之间的一致程度。
研究人群包括 216 名年龄在 20 至 44 岁之间、前往班加罗尔 M.S. 拉马亚牙科学院门诊部就诊的患者。研究人群接受了一份自我管理的问卷（关于牙龈出血、牙齿上的牙菌斑、牙龈退缩、牙龈肿胀、牙齿松动的问题），随后进行了牙周检查。临床检查分别采用洛和西尔斯牙龈指数、社区牙周指数及牙齿松动度标准对牙周状况进行评估。
本研究表明，患者自我感知的牙周健康状况较低，主观评估需求与客观评估需求之间的差异非常明显。据报道，由于疾病发生的破坏性变化，随着疾病严重程度的增加，对牙周问题的认识也会提高。
