Periodontal status and treatment need among adolescents in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

Abstract

A previous Nigerian study had reported high incidence of periodontal disease in young Nigerians though global studies show the contrary. Aim: To determine the periodontal status and treatment needs of adolescents attending private and public secondary schools in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. Methods: One thousand, five hundred and twenty two secondary school children in Ibadan were assessed. Sociodemographic data was obtained using a data extraction form. Intraoral examination was performed on all participants. Oral cleanliness was assessed using the plaque index of Silness and Loe, while periodontal health status and treatment needs were assessed using the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN). Data were analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: Only eight participants (0.5%) had healthy component of periodontal status. The mean plaque index was 1.12±0.41. The CPITN scores varied significantly with the gender of participants (p<0.001). Number of sextants affected by periodontal diseases varied significantly with the socioeconomic status (p=0.02). Conclusions: Gingival ill-health is prevalent among adolescent Nigerians with a great need for oral hygiene instructions and professional cleaning. There is need for oral health education among this sub-population of Nigerian children and provision of mobile dental clinics to help meet their treatment needs.

Evaluation of periodontal status and treatment needs of institutionalized intellectually disabled individuals in Lebanon

“…[20] Our results also support previous assessments of intellectual disabled populations reporting low prevalence of healthy periodontium and the predominance of bleeding and calculus. [917212223] Comparison to other populations in the region is limited owing to the extreme scarcity of similar research, but the limited data available on children/adolescents supports our findings in 15-year-old children. In children with Down's syndrome in the United Arab Emirates, only 10% had a healthy periodontium, around one-quarter require comprehensive prophylaxis including scaling and root planning while around 50% required additional complex periodontal treatment.…”

Individual and familial factors associated with caries and gingivitis among adolescents resident in a semi-urban community in South-Western Nigeria

“…Caries prevalence ranges from 5.9% in sub-urban Nigeria [ 20 ], to 12.2% in a rural population [ 21 ] and from 11.2% to 15.5% in urban populations [ 21 – 23 ]. Gingivitis however appears far more prevalent, with 95% of 11–16-year-old students in an urban secondary school showing evidence of periodontitis [ 24 ].…”

“…Although there is some oral health data in Nigeria that may include the 10–19-year adolescent demographic, these data are often generated to reflect children under 10 or under 15 years of age. Some data are available on the epidemiology of caries in the 10–16-year age group [ 20 – 23 , 41 – 43 ]; however, there is no data on caries and periodontal diseases in older adolescents 17–19-year-old, and limited data on periodontal diseases among 10–16-year-olds [ 24 ].…”

Role of school as a supportive entity for positive oral health behavior among adolescents in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria

“…Despite, the positive in uence that the school has on general health, there is very little documentation of the role schools play in promoting oral health among adolescents globally. This is important in view of the prevalent poor oral hygiene and periodontal diseases among adolescents in many countries [8][9][10][11][12]. This is in spite of the positive effects of oral health education interventions that had been evaluated in schools [13][14][15][16][17].…”