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The Effect of Anticorrosive Chemical Factors on Periodontal Health

Marija Ivić-Kardum
Jasenka Živko-Babić
Anamarija Tomljenović

Sažetak

The object/purpose of this investigation was to examine the condition of the periodontium in employees working in the Chemistry Department of the Shipyard in Rijeka. Thirty-four employees participated in the examination, aged 25 to 55 years, the majority of which work in direct contact with chemicals. The control group consisted of 90 examinees/subjects of the same age, not employed in the Chemistry Department of the Shipyard. The presence of periodontal changes in the examinees were based on a finding of gingival bleeding, dental plaque and tartar, probing depth of 3 mm and more and loss of attachment. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of two independent groups, the examinees and a control group. The results of the examination showed inflammatory gingival changes in 85% of the employees. In the examined group the greatest probing depth of periodontal pockets was in the lower central incisors, 3.06 ± 1.51 mm and 3.09 ± 1.58 mm, which was statistically significantly different in relation to the control group (p < 0.001). The greatest loss of attachment in the examined group was also in the lower central incisors, and amounted
to 3.56 ± 2.67 mm and 3.53 ± 2.62, which differed significantly from the findings in examinees in the control group (p < 0.001). On the basis of the findings of inflammatory changes in the periodontium and the presence of probing depth and loss of attachment, indicating chronic periodontitis in the majority of examinees compared to the control group, it can be said that the specific environment has a negative effect on the periodontal condition of employees in the Chemistry Department of the Shipyard, which requires regular control of the periodontal condition of these employees.

Ključne riječi

Periodontitis; Alveolar Bone Loss; Specialty Uses of Chemicals; Periodontal Index; Dental Plaque

Hrčak ID:

16565

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16565

Datum izdavanja:

15.9.2007.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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