THE PREVALENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS OF HILLA CITY, IRAQ

Zahraa Mohammed Hussein wais

doi:10.46903/gjms/23.1.Special.1834

THE PREVALENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS OF HILLA CITY, IRAQ

Zahraa Mohammed Hussein wais

Abstract

Background: Periodontal disease is multifactorial disease that occurs due to bacterial activity more than the host-defense. Periodontitis is usually caused by accumulation of supra- and sub-gingival plaque, calculus, or both. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and knowledge of periodontal diseases in undergraduate dental students of dentistry college in Babylon university.

Materials & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, and Preventive Dentistry for measuring the periodontal disease prevalence in the fourth and fifth stage undergraduate dental students in Hilla city, Iraq. Sample of present study consisted of 308 undergraduate dental students aged 22 and 23 years who were selected through simple random sampling method during academic year 2021-2022. The prevalence of periodontitis in these students was measured by using CPITN codes index. And we used questionnaire to dental student about effective tips for prevention of periodontal disease.

Results: There was total 308 participants in this study, in which 152 were male and 156 were female. The outcome of present study has shown that the periodontal disease prevalence was 62%. The change in prevalence was found between males and females with the males having significantly higher disease rates than females, while no significant difference in two age groups that were examined. Also, we found a high level of knowledge of the effective tips to prevent periodontal disease among these students.

Conclusion: Periodontitis was found to be prevalent in dental students of University of Babylon, College of Dentistry. Also, good knowledge about effective tips to prevent periodontal disease among dental students.

Keywords

Calculus; Dental students; Gingiva; Periodontal disease; Plaque; Prevalence.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46903/gjms/23.1.Special.1834