Association Between Smoking and Periodontal Disease
Syeda Gulrukh Saba Shah, Syed Nasir Shah, Faiqua Yasser, Syeda Lala Rukh Saba Shah, Affaq Farooq, Farhana Jabeen Shah
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To study the association between tobacco smoke and periodontal disease.
Study Design: Case-control study
Place and Duration of
Study: Department of Dentistry, Sardar
Begum Dental Hospital and Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar from 1st
July 2019 to 31st December 2019.
Methodology: Three hundred patients of age 20 to 50. Patients presenting with
different dental problems were taken. Patient having any congenital anomalies,
diabetes, blood dyscrasias, medication, malnutrition, immune system disorders
and another systemic disease, parafunctional habits like bruxism, attrition,
nail-biting, malocclusion, chemical and mechanical irritants, edentulous
patients, tobacco chewers were excluded.
Results: Smokers with periodontal disease were 57.3% and non-smokers without
periodontal disease were 70.6% the result was significant p-value was 0.0001.
Periodontal disease with different level of smoking like non-smokers, light
smokers, moderate smokers and heavy smokers the result was significant p-value
was 0.0001.
Conclusion: Smokers
experienced more periodontal diseases as compared to non-smokers.
Keywords: Smoking,
Periodontal disease