Lifestyle and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Chronic Periodontitis in Taiwanese Adults

Abstract

For Taiwanese adults, 36.10% of CP cases were presumably attributable to toothbrushing frequency, mental illness, and smoking. These three factors should be the first priorities in establishing a preventive program to improve the periodontal health status.

Tobacco Smoking and Periodontal Health in a Saudi Arabian Population

“…The dose-response relationship was also suggested by the observation that the relative risk increased with increasing exposure. This observation confirms the evidence of previous studies concerning cigarette smoking (Bergström et al 1991, Haber & Kent 1992, Haber et al 1993, Grossi et al 1995, Bergström et al 2000a,b, Tomar & Asma 2000, Teng et al 2003, Baljoon et al 2004, 2005a, Bergström 2004, Razali et al 2005. This strength the association found in this cross sectional study.…”

“…The observed effects have been confirmed in different studies after correction for a variety of potential cofounders such as socioeconomic status, education, and oral hygiene. Despite the existence of these potential confounding factors, the impact of smoking is not obscured when all factors accounted for (Feldman et al 1983, Bergström & Eliasson 1987a,b, Feldman et al 1987, Haber & Kent 1992, Horning et al 1992, Bolin et al 1993, Martinez-Canut et al 1995, Bergström et al 2000a,b, Calsina et al 2002, Khader et al 2003, Teng et al 2003, Razali et al 2005, Apatzidou et al 2005.…”

Betel Nut Chewing Associated With Severe Periodontitis

“…4 In addition, areca quid chewers (current and former) have a significantly higher risk of chronic periodontitis compared with control subjects who never chew areca quid. 5 This clinical report describes the various intraoral findings that suggest the magnitude of degeneration and destruction of periodontal tissues in a patient having the history of betel nut chewing for more than 10 years.…”

Diagnostic Value of Acute Phase Proteins in Periodontal, Psychosomatic and Cardiometabolic Diseases: Response to Treatment

“…Determination of levels of anxiety states in relation to disease markers would clarify cause and effect relationships in psychosomatic diseases. Variation in severity of periodontal disease cannot be explained by a limited number of risk factors (Teng et al 2003). Associations between stress-inducing factors and periodontal disease have been examined in several studies (Wimmer et al 2002, Pistorius et al 2002.…”