Abstract

INVERNIZZI-MENDOZA, Carlos Rafael; CARDOZO-VERA, Rosa María; CHAMORRO-GIMENEZ, Stella Anahi  and  HETTER, María Eugenia Acosta-de. Frequency of periodontal diseases and clinical characteristics of patients treated at the Department of Periodontics of the Autonomous University of Asunción. Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2024, vol.22, n.1, e22122403.  Epub Mar 26, 2024. ISSN 1812-9528.  https://doi.org/10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2024.e22122403.

Periodontal diseases are considered among the most common among oral pathologies. Its frequency is increasingly higher in the population and there are several systemic pathologies and habits that worsen its clinical condition. The objective of this work was to determine the frequency and clinical characteristics of patients with periodontal diseases who attend the periodontics department at the Autonomous University of Asunción in the period from 2011 to 2019. Observational, descriptive, retrospective study, 477 clinical records were processed. of patients from the Department of Periodontics at the Autonomous University of Asunción from 2011 to 2019. The type of sampling used was non-probabilistic for convenience. Of the 477 records, only 317 patients who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. They were 56.46% female and 43.53% male, the median age was 33 (23-48) years. 53% of the patients had chronic periodontitis and comorbidities such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Only 11.9% were smokers. Regarding diabetic patients, the majority were female and elderly, with chronic periodontitis as the most frequent diagnosis. The most frequent clinical diagnosis of the studied population was chronic periodontitis, followed by gingivitis.

Keywords : Periodontal diseases; clinical diagnosis; diabetes mellitus; smoking habit..

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