Purpose: To investigate and analyze the state of periodontal health of 400 adults at their post and risk factors in Shanghai.
Methods: 400 subjects (249 male, 151 female), aged from 25 to 59, were requested to fill a questionnaire. The probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), tooth mobility (TM) and bleeding on probing(BOP) on 6 sites of each indicated tooth were measured and recorded. SAS 6.12 software package was used for statistical analysis.
Results: OHI-S of Shanghai adults at their post was 2.16 +/- 0.99 and GI = 1.2227, indicating moderate gingivitis. The difference of periodontal disease among the adults at varied occupations in Shanghai municipality was significant. Periodontal destruction of the clerk group was the lightest The difference of periodontal disease among the adults at varied age groups in Shanghai municipality was also significant. Periodontal destruction of the elder group was heavier than of the lower age group. 146 subjects suffered from initial to moderate periodontitis. 140 subjects suffered from advanced periodontitis. 79, 317 and 4 subjects had received college education, high school education and postgraduate school education respectively. There was no relationship between the severity of periodontitis and educational level. 330 out of 400 (82.5%) subjects had never been treated, 70 out of 400 (12.5%) had scaling,and only 3.25% of subjects had received regular periodontal treatment.
Conclusion: It is very important to develop an education program on oral health for people in Shanghai. Supported by National "Tenth Five-Year" Key Project (Grant No.2004BA720A26), Research Fund of the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No.0352nm126) and Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(Grant No.94-III-008).