Periodontal health in various ethnic groups in Israel

Autor: Patricia Smith, Kurt A. Rosenzweig
Rok vydání: 1966
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Zdroj: Journal of Periodontal Research. 1:250-259
ISSN: 1600-0765
0022-3484
Popis: The periodontal status of approximately 5,000 subjects belonging to nine ethnic groups of Oriental origin, aged four years and above and living in villages in Israel, was investigated. The severity of periodontal involvement of a group was found to be similar whether expressed as gingivitis in childhood or as destructive periodontal disease in adolescence and adult life. Gingivitis reached its peak at the age of 10 to 11 years and then tended to level off or even decline. The periodontal index (PI) and gingival recession rate (GRR) both formed straight line graphs between the ages of 17 and 55+. The incidence and prevalence of periodontal disease were almost uniformly higher in males than in females. In the populations investigated in the present study, it appears unwarranted to attribute this difference to differences in attitude to oral health and hygiene between the sexes. The possibility that habitual chewing of the leaves of Catha edulis is a causative factor in the exceptionally high rates of periodontal disease in Yemenite males is discussed. The periodontal health of the best groups was inferior to that of white Americans, and of the same order as that of American Negroes and the inhabitants of Lebanon and Chile. The most severe degree of involvement was comparable to findings in South-East Asia, and occurred in people who had immigrated from India.
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