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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prevalence and severity of periodontal conditions among adults in urban and rural Morogoro, Tanzania
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Volume 16, No. 4, Year 1988
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Abstract A study to assess the prevalence and severity of periodontal conditions among 809 adults in Tanzania was carried out in 1982 in Morogoro District. The prevalence of plaque (99.6%), calculus (95, 7%) and gingivitis (93.8%) among them was high. The mean number of teeth per person with pockets between 3.5 and 5.5 mm was 3.5 for the urban and 4.2 for the rural population. Pockets of more than 5.5 mm were found on average in 0.1 (urban) and 0.2 (rural) teeth per person. In the 45+ age group on average 3.0 teeth per person were missing in urban areas and 6.9 teeth in rural areas. There were no statistically significant differences found in periodontal conditions between urban and rural adults, except for the 45+ age group. In this age group a higher mean number of teeth per person with recession, calculus, pockets, gingivitis and missing were found among the rural than the urban population. The study suggests that high prevalence of plaque, calculus and gingivitis at a young age. if untreated, does not lead for all persons to severe periodontal breakdown with ultimately tooth loss in old age in this population. Effects of the study in terms of planning primary health care teaching programs have been presented. Copyright © 1988, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Lembariti, Bakari S.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
University of Dar es Salaam
Frencken, Jo Elisabert F.M.
Netherlands, Nijmegen
Radboud Universiteit
Pilot, Taco
Netherlands, Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Statistics
Citations: 38
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0528.1988.tb01763.x
ISSN:
03015661
e-ISSN:
16000528
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Tanzania