Prevalencia de la enfermedad periodontal en pacientes fumadores de la clínica móvil de la Alcaldía del cantón Daule.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between tobacco and periodontal disease in patients treated at the Mobile Clinic of the Daule canton mayor's office. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study with a clinical approach on the prevalence of periodontal disease in smokers of the mobile clinic of the Daule canton mayor's office was carried out. Data was taken from patients who came to said establishment and each of them was clinically evaluated by periodontal probing with a North Carolina periodontal probe; thus, it was possible to know the periodontal status of the patients who helped to obtain data to analyze the results. Results: The results showed that, of our universe of 70 patients, 22.86% presented gingival recessions and that 40% had gingivitis and 60% periodontitis; 21.43% of patients with periodontitis presented stage I, 30.95% of patients presented stage II, 38.09% of patients presented stage III and 9.52% of patients presented stage IV. Regarding the degrees of periodontitis, it was found that there was no grade A in this investigation, 59.52% (25 patients) presented grade B and 40.48% (17 patients) presented grade C. Likewise, it was possible to know that smoking patients are more prone to the presence of furcations and periodontal dental loss. Conclusions: Thanks to the analysis of the data obtained in this study, it was possible to conclude that the more tobacco an individual consumes, the more likely they are to suffer from periodontal disease.