title: The prevalence of periodontitis in a military treatment population.
abstract: A group of 1,984 males and females (age range 13 to 84) at a military dental clinic were given oral examinations with full-mouth circumferential periodontal probing. Diagnoses were made both for individual quadrants and for the entire mouth using clearly defined diagnostic criteria. The results showed 37% of the subjects had gingivitis only, 33% had early periodontitis, 14% had moderate periodontitis, 15% had advanced periodontitis, 0.5% had juvenile periodontitis, and 0.5% had necrotizing gingivitis. The prevalence of periodontitis increased with age to a peak in the 45- to 50-year-age group. The proportion of periodontitis-affected quadrants, although initially lagging behind the overall case diagnoses, also increased with age.
authors.affiliation: General Practice Residency Program, Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA 94627-5000.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Horning
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hatch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lutskus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence