title: Periodontal status and treatment needs among Spanish hospitalized psychiatric patients.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the periodontal status and treatment needs (by CPITN) of 565 patients hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in Seville, Spain. The results of this study showed that 31.7% of the patients were edentulous and that 68.3%% were dentate. Of the dentate subjects, 8.5% were found to have a healthy periodontium, 14.2% had bleeding on probing, 43.8% had calculus, 24.6% had shallow pockets, and 8.9% had deep pockets. The results of the study also showed that the severity of periodontal disease increased significantly with age and the length of time of hospitalization. The need for oral hygiene instruction among the dentate population was determined to be 91.5%, and the need for treatment (oral prophylaxis and scaling) was 77.3%. These findings suggest that hospitalized psychiatric patients in Spain are in dire need of preventive dentistry.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bullón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000453:epidemiology; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis; D012534:Dental Scaling; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors