Periodontal treatment requirements of recently incarcerated prison inmates

Abstract

and Lyon TC: Periodontal treatment requirements of recently incarcerated prison inmates. J Periodont Res 1987; 22: 422-425.The purpose of this study was to determine the needs for preventive dentistry counselling, prophylaxis and calculus removal and periodontal therapy among recently incarcerated state prison inmates. As a result of clinical and radiographic examinations of 637 male inmates, these requirements were detennined for the total sample and for four age groups, three ethnic groups, six crime-type groups, three residency groups, five intelligence quotient groups and first offenders and recidivists. Among the total sample, 93% of the men needed preventive counselling, prophylaxes and calcu]us removal; 32% required Type I and/or Type II periodontal treatment. Young men required less periodontal therapy than older inmates. Caucasians needed fewer segments of treatment than Hispanics. Sex offenders required less prophylaxes and ca]cu]us remova] than men convicted of burglary, larceny and drug-related crimes. Treatment requirements were not related to residency, recidivism or intelligence quotient. The findings indicate extensive requirements for periodontal and adjunctive therapy among incarcerated men and should influence resource allocation in prison dental care de]ivery systems.

Oral health status of male prisoners in Italy

“…Regarding periodontal health, considering that the data show that 89.5% of the sample requires at least oral hygiene instruction with extremely high needs for prophylaxis and complex periodontal treatment, our study shows a high prevalence of periodontal treatment need in this population. This finding is similar to that conducted on periodontal treatment requirements among 637 inmates in the United States, where the need for prophylaxis and calculus removal was observed in 93% of the population 21 . It should be kept in mind that it was difficult to compare the prevalence of oral diseases of the present study with other epidemiological surveys done in several countries because there are important differences between the studies and the prevalence of oral diseases might, therefore, have been expected to vary substantially as a result of such differences.…”

“…Indeed, in 124 Norwegian male prisoners the DMFT values were 18.8 in those aged less than 30 years and 21.7 in those 30 years of age or older 14 . In the United States, data collected amongst a sample of 178 male inmates in a state prison found that 98.9% had DMFT higher than 0 and a mean DMFT of 10.5 for those aged 18-29, 17.1 for aged 30-44, and 22.4 for inmates over age 44 15 and a study on federal male prisoners revealed that DMFT scores in the 85 whites ranged from 13.3 for the [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] year old group to 22.4 for inmates aged 45 and older and 99% in the whole group of 191 subjects had a DMFT value greater than 0 16 . Two other recent cross-sectional surveys demonstrated that the mean DMFT for a population of 334 prisoners of both sexes in correctional centres in Australia was 20.4 17 and DMFT values of 10.4 and 15.4 were observed respectively in 92 male young offenders and in 96 male adult in the United Kingdom 18 .…”

Oral Health Status and Treatment Needs Of Inmates in District Jail of Jaipur City – A Cross Sectional Study

“…(18) Whereas,Nobile CGA et al [2007] (10) found that10.5% of the study sample had healthysextants in a study conducted at Italy. It was observed that 49.8% of the studysample had a CPI score of 2, which wasnot in agreement with the results obtainedby Barnes GP et al [1987] (19) who foundthat 32% of the study subjects had a CPIscore of 2. In other study done by McGrath[200] (17) among the prisoners in HongKong detection centre; periodontal healthof prisoner's was assessed.…”

Prevalence of Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Status among Juvenile Prisoners in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

“…There have been few studies carried out on the oral health status of adult prisoners in various parts of the world. 4,7,14,15 The studies on juvenile prisoners are limited. 2,13 To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first attempt to assess prisoners' oral health in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…”

“…The main reason for prisoners to seek medical care is the oral and dental problems, and this also explains why they are referred outside the prison for treatment. [14][15][16] In drafting effective strategies to prevent oral disease and promote oral health of incarcerated children and adolescents, the epidemiological information on major oral diseases remains crucial. 17 Numerous studies have been done to study the prevalence of dental caries and oral hygiene status among the general population in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…”