Periodontal condition and attachment loss among patients with spinal cord injuries in comparison with a non - injured patients

S. Al-Rubaie, Maha

	Periodontal condition and attachment loss among patients with spinal cord injuries in comparison with a non - injured patients
Journal of baghdad college of dentistry
Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-73
Author
Maha S. Al-Rubaie
Abstract
Background: Spinal cord injury is a serious condition that produces life-long disabilities The purpose of this investigation was to determine periodontal condition and attachment loss of patients with spinal cord injury in comparison with non injured patients and to investigate the cause and age of spinal cord injury, tooth mortality tooth brushing of the injured patients. Methods: A total of 53 patients with spinal cord injuries and 53 control patients of the age groups 20-40 years and 41-60 years were examined in this study. Periodontal condition and attachment loss were assessed using PDI of Ramfjord .The data was analyzed by student-T test and correlation coefficient(r). Results: The results revealed a high prevalence of periodontal disease in both injured and control groups (100 %) but the severity of periodontal disease was higher in injured patients. Non – significant differences in the mean periodontal disease index (PDI) and the mean attachment loss (AL) were found for both injured and control groups. Conclusion: The results indicate a high prevalence of periodontal disease in both injured and control groups but the severity of periodontal condition and attachment loss was higher in injured patients
Keywords
Periodontal condition; spinal cord injuries

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