Research Article
Cristina Gabriela Puscasu, Iri
Abstract
Background: The impact of smoking habits on periodontal conditions led to different opinions in studies. Aims: To assess if a history of smoking is associated with chronic periodontitis and with poor oral hygiene, compared with nonsmokers subjects. Method: The medical and dental history was collected during year 2007 from 273 subjects 18–69 years of age, 146 men (53,48%) and 127 women. Smoking history information was obtained from self-reports. All data were collected in a Microsoft Excel data base and analyzed using the Microsoft Excel® and MedCalc® programs. Results: The prevalence among current smokers was 53,11% as against 46,89% among nonsmokers. The proportion of patients who do not complain about gingival bleeding is higher in smokers group (50,78%), compared with 38,62% prevalence in non smokers, in correlation with other literature studies. It results p=0,44391 (Student test) for plaque accumulation and p=0,43245 for calculus accumulation, which shows the difference between smokers and nonsmokers groups. All tree age groups shown an increased proportion of adult periodontitis in smokers (4,6% first age group, 35,29% second age group, 52,63% third age group) versus nonsmokers (1,61% first age group, 25% second age group, 47,22% third age group). Spearman’s rank correlation between age and calculus depositions results in an rho=0,484, P