Smoking, oral higiene and chronic immunoinflammatory periodontopathies in adults of Guanajay municipality

Authors

  • Eladio Miguel Traviesas Herrera Clínica Estomatológica Docente Severino Rosell, Artemisa
  • Ricardo Rodríguez Llanes Clínica Estomatológica Docente Severino Rosell, Artemisa

Keywords:

TOBACCO, PERIODONTAL DISEASES, INDEX OF MOUTH HYGIENE, PERIODONTAL INDEX

Abstract

Smoking has been identified as the most significant environmental risk factor in destructive periodontal disease. A non-experimental study, which was firstly prospective and later descriptive, was conducted; the sample was intentional and composed of 214 voluntary smoker patients over 19 years of age. The individuals were grouped according to age, degree of oral hygiene, periodontal status and number of cigarettes that they smoked daily. A survey and an oral exam were applied to all those who agreed to be included in the sample. Greene and Vermilton oral hygiene indexes as well as Russell´s periodontal index, both revised by WHO, were used. Our study could determine that prevalence of periodontal disease was 100% in tested patients, their oral hygiene was very poor since calculus was predominantly extended in this population. As smoking intensity increases, more damages in oral hygiene and periodontal state are reported.

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2007-02-09

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Traviesas Herrera EM, Rodríguez Llanes R. Smoking, oral higiene and chronic immunoinflammatory periodontopathies in adults of Guanajay municipality. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2007 Feb. 9 [cited 2025 Jul. 26];44(1):29-36. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2518

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Vol. 44 No. 1 (2007): JAN- MAR

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Review Article

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