Association of Khat chewing, smoking, age and sex with periodontal status among Yemeni adults

Authors

  • Wadhah Al-hajj Department of Periodontology – Faculty of Dentistry – Thamar University – Dhamar – Yemen. Department of Biological and Preventive Sciences – Faculty of Dentistry – University of Science and Technology – Sana’a – Yemen. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2831-8646
  • Hisham Hwaiti Department of Biological and Preventive Sciences – Faculty of Dentistry – University of Science and Technology – Sana’a – Yemen. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3534-9777
  • Anas Shamala Department of Biological and Preventive Sciences – Faculty of Dentistry – University of Science and Technology – Sana’a – Yemen. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3439-5453
  • Hamza Al-Azazi Department of Biological and Preventive Sciences – Faculty of Dentistry – University of Science and Technology – Sana’a – Yemen. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1062-5680
  • Mohammed Alwesabi Department of Biological and Preventive Sciences – Faculty of Dentistry – University of Science and Technology – Sana’a – Yemen. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0847-7386

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14295/bds.2020.v23i1.1861

Abstract

Objective: Periodontal diseases are very common dental disease. Many risk factors may play significant role in the periodontal disease initiation and progression. This study was performed to evaluate the effects of khat chewing, smoking, age and gender on periodontal status among Yemeni adults. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 1231 patients attending the outpatient dental polyclinics of University of Science and Technology during the academic years 2017/2018.. All completed sheets were collected throughout the year by the supervisors. Data cleaning, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics were then performed. Results: Khat chewers were more frequent than non-chewers counterparts (60.7% vs. 39.3%). The prevalence of smoking was 25.5% (297 patients). Study results indicated that periodontitis is more associated with female gender and  participants aged more than 35 years old. Results also showed that female and age older participants aged more than 35 years were significantly associated with gingival recession. Mean number of the teeth with gingival recession in male patients were higher than in females. Male gender and patients aged more than 35 years old were significantly associated with furcation involvement. Conclusion: The present study has shown females gender and age older than 35 seem to be risk factors of periodontal diseases. Males has more teeth affected by gingival recession and more furcation involvement.

Keywords

Periodontal disease; Khat chewing; Smoking; Yemen; Risk factors.

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Published

2020-01-31

How to Cite

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Al-hajj W, Hwaiti H, Shamala A, Al-Azazi H, Alwesabi M. Association of Khat chewing, smoking, age and sex with periodontal status among Yemeni adults. BDS [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 31 [cited 2025 Aug. 23];23(1):8 p. Available from: https://ojs.ict.unesp.br/index.php/cob/article/view/1861

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2020): Jan. - Mar. - Published Jan. 2020

Section

Clinical or Laboratorial Research

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