Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

Periodontal status of people of solukhumbu, Nepal.

Bhagabat Bhattarai

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">Periodontal disease is a major public health problem in the world. Its prevalence is varied according to different variable. Severe periodontal (gum) disease, which may result in tooth loss, is found in 5-20% of middle-aged adults, and the rate varies across geographical regions.</span><span class="MsoEndnoteReference" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; border: none;">[1]</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) was developed in the late 1970s. The CPITN was endorsed by the WHO for population-based surveys in the early 1980s (Ainamo et al. 1982) but was later renamed by WHO as the Community Periodontal Index (CPI)(WHO 1997) to foster its use as an index to measure periodontal status in populations. Cross sectional studywas conducted </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">in remote area of Nepal, i.e. solukhumbu.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">The result shows only 20 % of population was affected by periodontal disease i.e. score 3 and 4. The result should be verified by other similar study since the sample population is small and measurement tool has its inherent drawback.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>