Periodontal health status and treatment needs among the young adult and adults in Al–Anbar governorate-Iraq

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Back ground: Periodontal diseases are serious infections that, if left untreated, may lead to tooth loss. The value of
the CPITN is that it permits rapid examination of a population to determine periodontal treatment needs..
Material and methods: A periodontal health survey, using the WHO methodology (1997), was conducted among 906
subjects; of those 466 were females and 440 were males, with age range 15-54 years of old. The selection was done
randomly among people living in AL- Anbar Governorate. . By using of WHO periodontal probes, the community
periodontal index (CPI), the treatment needs (TN) were measured for each subject. The number of lost permanent
teeth was also recorded.
Results: The males were found to have worse periodontal conditions than females and a significant age difference
was present. All subjects had experienced periodontal disease where gingival bleeding was 12.8%, calculus 24.6%,
shallow pocket of 4-5 mm 23.5%, and deep pocket of 6mm or more 6.5%, respectively. Almost all subjects of this
populations needed oral hygiene instructions, scaling and /or removal of overhangs (TNO, TN1, TN2) and 12.8% of
them needed complex periodontal treatment (TN3). The mean number of lost permanent teeth was higher in
females than in males, and increased with age.
Key words: Periodontal disease, adults. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2009; 21(4):99-102)