A Survey on Periodntal Disease in Fujisawa with CPITN (WHO)

Abstract

234 people in Fujisawa city were examined with the World Health Organization (WHO) Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) to obtain data for a community health program of periodontal disease.
The results were as follows.
1) Over 90% of adults in the community had symptoms of periodontal disease and more than half of the sextants were affected.
2) The rate of persons with bleeding only or bleeding and calculus were decreased with age, but persons with periodontal pockets (4mm or deeper) increased with age. The percentage of persons with periodontal pockets was 47% in the 20-29 year groups, 67% in the 30-44 year groups and 81% in the 45-64 year groups (Table 2).
3) The mean number of sextants affected increased with age. In particular, the mean number of sextants with periodontal pockets increased with age. The figures were 0.92 sextants per person in the 20-29 year groups, 1.80 sextants in the 30-44 year groups and 2.34 sextants in the 45-64 year groups (Fig. 1).
4) More than 90% of adults in community required improvement in personal oral hygiene for prevention of periodontal disease and, in addition, more than 80% required professional cleaning of the teeth (Table 5). The percentage of persons requiring complex treatment of periodontal disease was 3% in the 20-29 year groups, 15% in the 30-44 year groups and 32% in the 45-64 year groups (Table 5).