Abstract

PEREZ BARRERO, Bernardo Ricardo et al. Main risk factors of chronic gingivitis in patient of 15 to 34 years old. MEDISAN [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1029-3019.

A case-control study was carried out in Adaca stomatological clinic, belonging to The Socorro Comprehensive Community Health Area, Valencia municipality in Carabobo state in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to specify the main risk factors of the chronic gingivitis in the second semester of 2007. The 225 patients were chosen between 15 to 34 years old, from both sexes who attended the consulting room in that period and they fulfil the inclusion criteria. The study group was formed by 75 patients with chronic gingivitis and the control group by the double of the first group, but of healthy people. The percentage was used as the summary measure and the relative risk and the 95% confidence interval were determined. There was a directly proportional correlation between the analyzed risk factors and the chronic gingivitis, besides, the indicators of food accumulation and the presence of diabetes mellitus were significant.

Keywords : GINGIVITIS; GINGIVITIS [etiology]; GINGIVITIS [complications]; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; ORAL HYGIENE; VENEZUELA.

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