Assessment of Periodontal Status in Patients with Oral Leukoplakia

The occurrence of periodontal diseases in humans has been a global problem. Certain risk factors affect the initiation, progression and severity of periodontitis. The present study has been designed to assess the periodontal status in patients with oral leukoplakia. The study was carried out among 27 subjects with oral leukoplakia. The required data were collected and imported to SPSS analysis software for analysis. A total of 44.4% were reported to have generalized chronic gingivitis and 55.6% were having generalized chronic periodontitis. It was observed that elderly patients between 50 to 80 years (55.6%) are more prone to generalised chronic periodontitis. The p value obtained is 0.503 which is not significant (p>0.05). We also observed that males (96.3%) were more commonly reported with oral leukoplakia and diagnosed with periodontal diseases than females (3.7%).The results of this study provide the prevalence of periodontal diseases in oral leukoplakia. The association of periodontitis with premalignant lesions may influence the risk of disease progression and thus preventive therapeutic measures for periodontal diseases can be planned for oral leukoplakia patients.