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Periodontal status of asthma patients

Aims: Periodontal status investigated in 59 asthmatic patients and 83 healthy controls (mean age 48.9 years). Materials and methods: We are using API, PBI and probing depth and results were compared according to age, gender, smoking and asthma intensity in both groups. Results: API was significantly higher in patients with asthma than in controls (P < 0.001). PBI was also significantly different compared to the controls (59% : 41%).All patients with asthmahad all four stages of gingival inflammation, while only four controls had inflammation stage III and none had stage IV. Analysis of probing depth showed a significant difference between patients with asthma and the controls in three teeth in maxillar (third sextant) and nine teeth (fourth and the sixth sextant) in mandibular jaw. Conclusions: Results showed poorer periodontal status in asthmatic patients compared to healthy controls. Mean probing depth was 0.2 mm deeper in asthmatic patients than in controls (P = 0.022). The percentage of API increased in patients with moderate and severe asthma. This trend of enhanced frequency was also visible in PBI in all three stages of persistent asthma compared to intermittent asthma. Tendency of increased probing depth almost reached statistical significance (P = 0.052) in patients with persistent asthma, as compared with controls. API and PBI indices, probing depth and the number of extracted teeth showed no difference in both groups according to gender, age and smoking habits

asthma; periodontal status

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