Consumo de tabaco como factor predisponente de enfermedad periodontal en adultos de la clínica U.C.S.G semestre A-2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Smoking is responsible for approximately 7% of annual deaths, smoking patients have a 2.5 times higher risk of periodontal disease compared with non-smokers.1-4 Objective: Determine the influence of smoking as a factor predisposing to the severity of periodontal disease in adults of the semester UCSG A-2018. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, observational and transversal study. 72 patients were treated at the Periodontics Clinic in the U.C.S.G and a survey was elaborated based on questions of tobacco consumption, health status, frequency of smoking, frequency of daily brushing and bleeding, with written consent. Results: It was obtained that 55 patients presented the habit and 17 did not present it; 58.18% diagnosed with Gingivitis, the male gender with 78.18% belonged to the group with the highest daily consumption, there was a frequency of brushing twice a day with 40% of the total sample obtained by the survey. Conclusion: the habit of tobacco consumption and periodontal disease have a direct relationship that also depends on several factors to aggravate the hygiene deficit, the daily dose of consumption, the susceptibility among others.