PMID- 28584775
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240326
IS  - 2231-0762 (Print)
IS  - 2250-1002 (Electronic)
IS  - 2231-0762 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 May-Jun
TI  - Evaluation of Periodontal Status and Treatment Needs of Institutionalized 
      Intellectually Disabled Individuals in Lebanon.
PG  - 76-83
LID - 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_120_17 [doi]
AB  - AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: No reported data is available on the periodontal health and 
      treatment needs of the intellectually disabled in Lebanon. To evaluate the 
      periodontal condition and treatment needs of institutionalized intellectually 
      disabled individuals in Lebanon. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 272 
      individuals (141 males and 131 females) aged 15 years and 35-44 years were 
      examined. Periodontal health was recorded following the community periodontal 
      index of treatment needs (CPITN), and treatment need was assigned accordingly. 
      The IBM((R)) SPSS((R)) statistics 20.0 and Stata/SE 11.1 statistical packages were 
      used to carry out all statistical analyses. Statistical analysis was performed 
      using linear regression (P </= 0.05). RESULTS: Healthy periodontium was recorded in 
      26.1%, bleeding on probing in 27.9%, supra-/sub-gingival calculus in 31.3%, 
      pockets of 4-5 mm in 11% and >/=6 mm in 3.7%. The largest proportion of the sample 
      was in need for oral hygiene instruction and calculus removal (42.3%). Age, 
      geographical location, consumption of carbohydrate-rich meals and sweets between 
      meals were significantly associated with CPITN score severity in multivariate 
      analysis (P < 0.05). Gender, severity of disability, frequency of tooth brushing, 
      and caretaker characteristics were not significant predictors of CPITN (P > 
      0.05). CONCLUSION: The predominantly poor periodontal health and social 
      inequalities warrant nationwide preventive oral health programs in addition to 
      planning the provision of treatment services to meet existing treatment needs.
FAU - Diab, Hicham A
AU  - Diab HA
AD  - Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Lebanese University, 
      Beirut, Lebanon.
FAU - Hamadeh, Ghassan N
AU  - Hamadeh GN
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of 
      Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
FAU - Ayoub, Fouad
AU  - Ayoub F
AD  - Department of Forensic Dentistry and Human Identification, Faculty of Dentistry, 
      Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170522
PL  - India
TA  - J Int Soc Prev Community Dent
JT  - Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
JID - 101618802
PMC - PMC5452570
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Community periodontal index of treatment needs
OT  - Lebanon
OT  - institutionalized intellectually disabled
OT  - periodontal health
COIS- There are no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2017/06/07 06:00
MHDA- 2017/06/07 06:01
PMCR- 2017/05/01
CRDT- 2017/06/07 06:00
PHST- 2017/03/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/04/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/06/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/06/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/06/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JISPCD-3-76 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_120_17 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2017 May-Jun;7(3):76-83. doi: 
      10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_120_17. Epub 2017 May 22.