Evaluation of index values in patients with mild or moderate chronic periodontitis

Abstract

Relevance . Inflammatory periodontal diseases constitute a very important problem among the oral diseases. The high prevalence of chronic generalized periodontitis arouses interest, becomes the subject of clinical research and analysis of indices, development and improvement of diagnostic and treatment techniques. The continuous increase in the incidence of periodontitis among the population of the Chuvash Republic is currently important. Purpose -determine the values of periodontal and oral hygiene indices and compare them before and after the comprehensive treatment of patients in the Chuvash Republic with mild and moderate periodontitis. Materials and methods . The study of index values in 146 periodontal patients included the Green - Vermillion simplified oral hygiene index (OHI - s), the plaque index (PI) (Silness - Loe, 1964), the Russell’s periodontal index (PI) and the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN). Results . After the comprehensive treatment of patients with mild and moderate periodontitis, the mean values were as follows: OHI - s (Green - Vermillion) was 0.5 ± 0.15 in patients with mild periodontitis, 0.8 ± 0.21 - in patients with moderate periodontitis, (PI) Silness - Loe - 2.6 ± 0.95 in patients with mild periodontitis, 3.6 ± 1.01 -in patients with moderate periodontitis. Russell’s PI was 1.15 ± 0.81 in patients with mild periodontitis and 1.67 ± 0.090 in patients with moderate periodontitis. CPITN - 1 ± 0.85 in patients with mild periodontitis, 1.25 ± 0.80 in patients with moderate periodontitis. Conclusions . A decrease in indices was revealed in all studied patients after the comprehensive conservative and surgical treatment; the severity of chronic generalized periodontitis in the adult population of the Chuvash Republic determined a decrease in the index assessment criteria.