CIGARETTE-SMOKING IN A PERIODONTAL PRACTICE
CIGARETTE-SMOKING IN A PERIODONTAL PRACTICE
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DOI:
10.1902/jop.1992.63.2.100
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发表时间:
1992-02-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
KENT, RL
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作者:
HABER, J;KENT, RL
THIS CASE-CONTROL STUDY COMPARES the prevalence of cigarette smoking among patients in a periodontal practice (cases) with that of patients in referring general dental practices (controls). Smoking histories of patients (age greater-than-or-equal-to 25 years) in a periodontal practice and five general dental practices were obtained by questionnaire. From the general practices, only patients reporting negative histories for periodontitis were studied. Periodontal status of the periodontal practice patients was based on bone loss from full mouth radiographic surveys and gingival pocket depths. Patients were stratified by age (25 to 40, 41 to 55, and > 55 years) and sex. The combined frequency of current or former cigarette smoking reported by 196 periodontal practice patients with moderate or advanced periodontitis (M-A perio group) was higher than that reported by 209 general dental practice patients (gen prac group) in all age and sex catagories. The age and sex adjusted summary odds ratio for a positive smoking history among M-A perio subjects relative to gen prac subjects was 2.6 (P < 0.001). Separate corresponding odds ratios (age and sex adjusted) for current smoking versus never smoking in the two groups were 3.3 (P < 0.001) and for former smoking versus never smoking 2.1 (P < 0.004). Among current smokers, patients in the M-A perio group reported heavy smoking (> 10 cigarettes/day) relatively more often than control subjects (adjusted R.O. = 5.7; P < 0.001). In the M-A perio group the frequency of current smoking increased with disease severity. These associations add to the accumulating evidence suggesting that both current and former smokers are at increased risk for periodontitis, and that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for periodontitis.