Prevalence and severity of the periodontal disease and accumulation dental biofilm in children from the Paediatric Dentistry Clinic at UFPB

The aim of this work was to verify the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease in patients between 9 anel ll years old from the Paecliatric Dentistry Clinic of the Federal University of Paraíba, relating the levels of disease with gender and biofilm accumulation. The sample was composed by 64...

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Autores: Dantas de Almeida, Rossana Vanessa, de Morais Beltrão, Érika, Bezerra Cavalcanti Nóbrega, Carolina, Gondim Valença, Ana Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/103254
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/RevistadaFaculdadeOdontologia/article/view/103254
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higiene bucal
Doenças da gengiva
Periodontite
Periodontitis
Oral hygiene
Gingival diseases
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Sumario:The aim of this work was to verify the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease in patients between 9 anel ll years old from the Paecliatric Dentistry Clinic of the Federal University of Paraíba, relating the levels of disease with gender and biofilm accumulation. The sample was composed by 64 children that were in attendance on this Clinic. One examiner carriecl out the exam. There was dental biofilm collect indexes (OHI-S and O'leary), blecding index (ISG), and it was registered the presence of gingival recession and pocket depth. The data were submitted to a statistical analysis with the aid of the SPSS program and treated by the tests of the Qui-square and Exact of Fisher (p