Agrawal Richa, Ahmed Hina, Soorgani Neeharika, Naik Laxman, Reddy Shyamsunder, Medabalmi Madhuchander
Department of Periodontics, Mansarovar Dental College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2):S997-S999. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_145_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
Periodontitis is inflammation of periodontium. Periodontal disease is associated with various risk factors among which female hormonal alterations such as menopause have been found to be connected with periodontal breakdown and osteoporosis in women. The aim of this study was to determine the periodontal status in pre- and postmenopausal females.
In this study, 60 female patients were analyzed aged between 40 and 60 years. Group 1 (test) comprised 30 premenopausal women with/without chronic periodontitis and Group II (control) comprised 30 postmenopausal women with/without chronic periodontitis. After recording clinical parameters, the scores were provided using Orthopantomograph for each patient. Paired -test was applied for intragroup comparison and independent sample -test was applied for intergroup comparison. The value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The mean plaque index, gingival index, calculus index, pocket probing depth, and clinical attachment loss scores in the premenopausal group were less as compared to postmenopausal group. Both the groups showed statistically significant differences with =15.28 and = 0.01.
Postmenopausal women are more susceptible to periodontitis. Hence, precaution and initial management of oral diseases should be the utmost priority in women's health. The effect of sex hormones can be reduced with regular dental examination, maintaining good oral hygiene, and hormonal replacement therapies.
牙周炎是牙周组织的炎症。牙周疾病与多种风险因素相关,其中女性激素变化如绝经被发现与女性的牙周破坏和骨质疏松有关。本研究的目的是确定绝经前和绝经后女性的牙周状况。
在本研究中,分析了60名年龄在40至60岁之间的女性患者。第1组(试验组)包括30名有/无慢性牙周炎的绝经前女性,第II组(对照组)包括30名有/无慢性牙周炎的绝经后女性。记录临床参数后,为每位患者使用曲面断层全景片提供评分。组内比较采用配对t检验,组间比较采用独立样本t检验。P<0.05的值被认为具有统计学意义。
绝经前组的平均菌斑指数、牙龈指数、牙石指数、牙周袋探诊深度和临床附着丧失评分均低于绝经后组。两组均显示出统计学显著差异,t=15.28,P = 0.01。
绝经后女性更容易患牙周炎。因此,口腔疾病的预防和初始管理应是女性健康的首要任务。定期进行牙科检查、保持良好的口腔卫生和激素替代疗法可以降低性激素的影响。