Knowledge, Practice and State of Periodontal Health

Assessment of Knowledge, Practice and State of Periodontal Health Among Egyptian Patients Attending Diagnostic Center at Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University. A Cross-sectional Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04478864

Enrollment

511

Registered

2020-07-21

Start date

2020-09-27

Completion date

2021-11-30

Last updated

2022-03-11

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Conditions

Periodontal Diseases

Brief summary

The main objective of the study is to assess the knowledge and practice of periodontal health, which will be done using a well constructed and validated questionnaire. Then periodontal health status of all participants will be assessed via clinical examination of certain teeth.

Detailed description

The primary outcome of the study is the knowledge of periodontal health.It will be assessed by 10 questions focusing on the basic knowledge of gingival appearance, causes and consequence of periodontal disease, impact of systemic disease on the progression of periodontal conditions, and prevention. Then, periodontal practice will be addressed via several questions that evaluate the self-care practices of tooth brushing, flossing, mouth rinsing in recent one year, scaling in recent five years, and how to alleviate gingival bleeding if there is. Periodontal examination using the community periodontal index (CPI) will be done for all of the participants to assess the status of periodontal condition. The dentition will be divided into sextants and the highest code number corresponding to the worst periodontal condition around each of the 10 indexed teeth being recorded.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients whose age is above 15 years old. 2. Patient consulting in the outpatient clinic 3. Provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients having problem in opening their mouth or undergoing intermaxillary fixation where oral examination will not be possible. 2. Patients diagnosed with psychiatric problems or intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Knowledge of periodontal health	through study completion, an average of 1 year	will be assessed from the 10 questions in the questionnaire and be presented as frequencies and percentages.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Periodontal health practice	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Five questions regarding practice will be analyzed and presented as frequencies and percentages
State of periodontal health	through study completion, an average of 1 year	will be determined by measuring the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN) and modified community periodontal index (CPI) that measures the clinical attachment level (CAL) scores, both giving a score of zero to the best periodontal condition and a score of 4 to the worst one

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results