Abstract

In India, limited data available on the periodontal health and treatment needs of intellectually disabled (ID) subjects. To determine the periodontal status and periodontal treatment needs among ID subjects in Satara District, Maharashtra, India. Materials and Methods: A total of 576 ID subjects, aged 10-60 years were examined. This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted by both questionnaire and clinical examination. Periodontal health was assessed by Community Periodontal Index of treatment needs (CPITN) and periodontal treatment need was assigned accordingly. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for So¬cial Sciences (IBM SPSS Statistic for window, version 21.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) at 95% CI and 80% power to the study. Results: Of the 576 subjects examined, the mean age of the patients was 18.21 ± 7.4years. Subjects with profound level of ID had the highest mean periodontal status and periodontal treatment needs score of 2.84±0.78, and 2.25±0.44, respectively. Odds ratio for periodontal status, and increased periodontal treatment needs was significantly higher among subjects with older age as compared with younger age (p<0.001), among subjects with severe degree of ID as compared with mild degree of ID (p<0.001), and subjects with lower SES as compared to higher SES. Conclusion: The present study signified that ID subjects had predominantly poor periodontal status with highest periodontal treatment needs. This warrants provision of periodontal treatment services to meet existing periodontal treatment needs in India.

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