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Levin L, Margvelashvili V, Bilder L, et al. Periodontal status among adolescents in Georgia. A pathfinder study. PeerJ. 2013;1:e137doi: 10.7717/peerj.137.
Levin, L., Margvelashvili, V., Bilder, L., Kalandadze, M., Tsintsadze, N., & Machtei, E. E. (2013). Periodontal status among adolescents in Georgia. A pathfinder study. PeerJ, 1e137. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.137
Levin, Liran, et al. "Periodontal status among adolescents in Georgia. A pathfinder study." PeerJ vol. 1 (2013): e137. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.137
Levin L, Margvelashvili V, Bilder L, Kalandadze M, Tsintsadze N, Machtei EE. Periodontal status among adolescents in Georgia. A pathfinder study. PeerJ. 2013 Sep 17;1:e137. doi: 10.7717/peerj.137. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24109543; PMCID: PMC3792173.
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PeerJ. 2013 Sep 17;1:e137. doi: 10.7717/peerj.137. eCollection 2013.

Periodontal status among adolescents in Georgia. A pathfinder study.

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Liran Levin, Vladimer Margvelashvili, Leon Bilder, Manana Kalandadze, Nino Tsintsadze, Eli E Machtei

Affiliations

  1. Department of Periodontology, School of Graduate Dentistry , Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa , Israel ; Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology , Haifa , Israel.

PMID: 24109543 PMCID: PMC3792173 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.137

Abstract

Objectives. The aim of the present pathfinder study was to screen and map the periodontal status of Georgian population in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization for population based surveys. Methods. During 2012, a pathfinder study was conducted to collect this data. For the periodontal portion of the study, 15-year-old school children were examined in the capital city of Tbilisi as well as in two other large cities and 4 smaller villages. All participants were examined by a trained dental team in a classroom using a dental mirror and a periodontal probe. Periodontal examination included plaque scores, calculus scores, probing depth measurements and bleeding on probing. These measurements were recorded for the Ramfjord index teeth. Results. A total of 397 15-year-old participants were examined in this pathfinder study. There were 240 females (60.45%) and 157 males (39.55%). Of the total participants 196 (49.37%) were urban adolescents while 201 (50.63%) were from rural communities. Mean probing depth was 3.34 ± 0.57 mm with a range of 1 to 10 mm; a relatively high proportion (34.26%) of these subjects presented with at least one site with pockets of 5 mm or deeper. Males presented with greater plaque, calculus and probing depths than females. When urban and rural populations were compared, urban participants presented with more plaque, probing depths and bleeding on probing. Greater pocket depths were found to be related to the presence of plaque calculus and bleeding on probing. Conclusions. Overall, rather high incidences of periodontal pockets ≥ 5 mm were detected in this population. This data should serve to prepare further more detailed epidemiological studies that will serve to plan and implement prevent and treat strategies for periodontal diseases in Georgia and also help make manpower decisions.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Periodontal disease; Periodontitis

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