ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS´ COOPERATION LEVEL IN BASIC PERIODONTAL THERAPY

• Autor(a) principal: Silva Neto, Manoel Cirilo
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Freitas, Samantha Ariadne Alves, Duailibe, Camila Lima, Serra, Liana Linhares Lima, Pereira, Antonio Luiz Amaral, Pereira, Adriana de Fátima Vasconcelos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/4451
• topic: Periodontal Diseases; Motivation; Patient´s Cooperation; Life Quality; Doenças periodontais; Motivação; Cooperação do paciente; Qualidade de vida.

Motivation and education in mouth health are basic tools to prevent periodontal diseases. Current study assesses patients´ cooperation level at the Periodontal Clinic of the Dentistry Course of the Universidade Federal do Maranhão during Basic Periodontal Therapy (BPT). Sounding depth (PS), gum recession (RG), level of clinical insertion, dental mobility, furca involvement, plaque index (IP) and gum blooding index (ISG) of six adult were assessed clinically at three phases: baseline, T1 and T2. The patients were diagnosed with regard to their periodontal condition and answered a questionnaire on the impact on routine and life quality during the last six months, using Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14). Data underwent statistical analysis and patients were classified according to their cooperation level, namely, collaborators (75%), irregular collaborators (12.5%) and non-collaborators (12.5%). No significant differences existed in collaborators´ PS and NIC during the three phases. ISG decreased when compared to baseline. IP mean of collaborating patients showed a slight decrease when compared to that of irregular collaborators. Since no significant score impact existed in OHIP-14 assessment, there was a good perception by patients with regard to mouth health quality. Collaborating patients had a weak impact with regard to periodontal disease in the two phases (T1 and T2). Main diagnoses were gingivitis plus biofilm gum (38.46%) and local advanced chronic periodontitis (30.76%). Results show that most patients collaborated with BPT, with a stable or advanced periodontal condition in periodontal health.