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The relationship between periodontal disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with smoking | ||
| Journal of baghdad college of dentistry | ||
| Article 1, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-94 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abbas S.Al-Mizraqchi; Khulood A. Al-Safi; Qais K. Kadhum | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACTBackground: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between periodontal disease and chronicobstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) in the presence of smoking as a risk factor by evaluating the periodontalparameters and similarities between infecting microorganisms of the periodontium (dental plaque) and lowerrespiratory tracts.Materials and Methods: A total of 90 patients with COPD were selected from the Chest and Respiratory DiseasesInstitute/ Ministry of Health, while healthy subjects selected from Department of Periodontics at the College ofDentistry / University of Baghdad, all participant of study and control groups were examined in the Department ofPeriodontics .Results: The statistical analysis showed significant differences in plaque index, gingival index, probing pocket depthwhen comparing between study groups with the control group. No significant difference was found in the clinicalattachment loss between the two groups although the study group showed higher value. The microbiologicalidentification showed similarities in the types of aerobic microorganisms which causes the periodontal disease andCOPD exacerbations.Conclusion: The study concluded that the study group had higher mean values of plaque index, gingival index,probing pocket depth and clinical attachment loss than the control group, both study and control group showedthe same types of microorganisms in plaque sample and in throat swab and patients with COPD showed lower rateof salivary flow than those of control group.Keywords: periodontal disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, smoking. J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2009;21(2):91-94) | ||
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