The Periodontal Health Status Among Patients Attending the Periodontal Department, School of Dentistry , Facualty of Medical Science, Sulaimani University,Kurdistan Region ,Iraq

Abstract

Background: In our studys the sample included 672 patient (348 male and 324 female patients),who were attended the department of periodontics, school of dentistry University of Sulaimani during one academic year (2008-2009).The sample was divided into subgroups according to age and sex. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the number of patients and their chief complaints, type of periodontal diseases, and to determine the number of patients from outside and inside sulaimani city. Methods: The clinical examination was recorded, including methods of detection of bacterial plaque , according to the plaque index ( PL1) Sliness and Loe1964 ; gingival index ( G1) according to Loe and Sliness1963;attachment loss (CAL); probing pocket depth (PPD). Results: The questionnaires include general information such as, patients name; sex and age; address, visit to dentist (regular visit, irregular visit) ; chief complaints (routine checking; scaling & polishing; pain; bleeding; pre-prosthetic scaling and polishing; gingival swelling; teeth hypersensitivity; halitosis ; esthetic). There was significant relationship between: age groups and sex; patient age group and chief complain; male patients with plaque induced gingivitis and male patients with chronic periodonities; male age groups and visiting the dentist; female patients lived inside Sulaimani city and female patients lived outside Sulaimani; age groups of total patients [male and female] and visiting the dentist. In addition, there was high significant relationship between age groups and patients chief complaints; age groups of male patients and type of periodontal disease; between female age groups and type of periodontal disease. Conclusion: Otherwise no statistically significant differences between male and female patients; the address of male patient (inside and outside Sulimani),and patients with plaque induced gingivitis and female patients with chronic periodontitis were found.