Prevalencia de enfermedad periodontal y factores de riesgo asociados. Policlínico Pedro Borrás, Pinar del Río

aimed at determining the prevalence of periodontal disease and its relation to risk factors a cross sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 426 patients from 15 to 59 years old, the universe was comprised of 871 inhabitants to 5 medical offices belonging to the health area of "pedro borras" outpatient clinic, pinar del rio during august 2007 to december 2008. in this study the methods of sample per two-stage conglomerates and simple random were used. the revision of periodontal index, oral hygiene, the preparation of a clinical history to collect periodontal data, information of patients, and risk factors for periodontal diseases as well as a survey to determine the level of knowledge about these diseases were taken as set of variables. punctual prevalence rate was calculated with an interval of 95% of certainty and the difference among qualitative variables by means of chi square test (x2); the association among qualitative variables was found using x2 and odds ratio to 95% of certainty. achieving 62, 4% of prevalence for periodontal disease in male and female sex and the group of ages in the study. besides; gingivitis was the most representative with 48, 1%. the disease showed a high prevalence, though mild forms were the most frequent with 71, 4% and the relation between periodontal disease and deficient oral hygiene as well as low level of knowledge about oral health resulted very significant.