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Experimental gingivitis in overweight subjects. Clinical and microbiological study.

Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry

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Title Experimental gingivitis in overweight subjects. Clinical and microbiological study.
 
Creator Abbood Salman, Hadeel M.
Al-juboory, Abdullatif A.
 
Description Background:Obesity is a complex multifactorial chronic diseasethat affecting the host immunity which may stimulate
a hyperinflammatory response in periodontal disease.Aims of the study is to determine and compare the gingival
clinical parameters between Obese, pre-obese, and normal weight. Along with estimating the effect of overweight
on healing process of experimental gingivitis, also to determine and compare the microbiological findings between
Obese, pre-obese, and normal weight.
Materials and Methods: Our study dealing with experimental gingivitis using the clinical parameters (plaque index
and gingival index), existent bacterial flora, oral hygiene improvement on normal weight, pre-obese, and obese
subjects showing healthy systemic condition, using the body mass index (BMI) and inter parametric comparison on
30 individuals, male with no previous medical history, age ranged from 20-30years old,10 of them are obese, 10 are
within overweight(pre-obese) and the other 10 are within normal weight.Dental plaque samples were taken from
each subjects when the gingiva reaches inflammation (Mean GI≥1).
Results: The G.I .parameter showed a significant higher score of inflammation on the pre-obese and obese samples
during the initiation of the disease (P≤0.002), and also showed a prolonged improvement response after the
recovery of the oral hygiene control (P≤0.001).The bacterial findings showed an equal percent of streptococci and
staphylococci but with predominance on other species in normal weight subjects. The pre-obese showed an
increase percent of klebsiella .The obese subjects showed insignificant differences and almost equal percent of
streptococci, staphylococci and pseudomonades with undetectable number of klebseila.
Conclusion: This study found that Obesity is an active risk factor for gingival and periodontal disease, and it’s playing
a role in elevating body response to dental plaque with increasing the healing period.
 
Publisher College of dentistry/ University of baghdad
 
Date 2017-01-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/1594
 
Source Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry; Vol 23 No 1 (2011); 51-54
2311-5270
1680-0087
 
Language en
 
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