Occurrence of Periodontitis and Associated Factors among Young Adults

Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the occurrence of periodontitis and associated factors among young adults attending Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia Dental Clinic (HUSM). Materials and Methods: This study involved the retrieval of secondary data from the patient's dental record of 99 patients from 1st January 2017 until 31st December 2017 at HUSM Dental Clinic. The Basic Periodontal Examination (BPE) score of the patients during dental visit was recorded. Patients' personal data including sociodemographic data (age, sex, ethnicity, education level and working status), smoking status and systemic disease were retrieved to find out the association with periodontitis. The data was entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 24.0 software. Results: The results showed that the prevalence of periodontitis among young adults was 17.2% with minimum age of 21 and mean age of 28.53. Correlation value of age and periodontitis was 0.206. There was an association between smoking and periodontitis with a p-value of 0.044. Sex, ethnicity, education level, working status and systemic disease were found significantly not related with periodontitis with a p-value >0.05 respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of periodontitis among young adults was 17.2% and it was associated with age and smoking.