Prevalence Of Different Forms Of Periodontitis: A Retrospective Study

Periodontitis is a highly prevalent oral disease that ranges from gingival inflammation to loss of teeth and supporting structures. It affects a wide range of people across all age groups and genders. It is the major cause of loss of teeth among all other oral diseases affecting the people. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of different types of periodontitis. This retrospective study was done by analysing the case records of periodontitis patients in a private institution between June 2019- April 2020. A total of 510 periodontitis patients were randomly recruited. Data regarding the patient's periodontal status were collected from the case records and analysed. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were done using SPSS Software, Version 23. Among 510 periodontitis patients, 491 patients exhibited chronic periodontitis (96.27%) and 19 patients exhibited aggressive periodontitis (3.73%). The prevalence of chronic periodontitis was higher among the age group of 61-75 year old patients (36.0%) and aggressive periodontitis was present only within the age group of 15-30 years. The association between age and the type of periodontitis was statistically significant (p=0.000). In gender wise assessment, chronic periodontitis was prevalent among 345 males(70.3%) and 146 females(29.7%). Aggressive periodontitis was prevalent among 13 males(68.4%) and 6 females(31.6%). Both chronic and aggressive periodontitis show a male predominance.The association between age and the type of periodontitis was statistically not significant (p=0.863).The present study showed the prevalence of chronic periodontitis was higher than aggressive periodontitis among the study population