Case-control Study On The Relative Factors Of Moderate To Advanced Periodontitis In Elderly People

Objective To investigate the relative factors of moderate to advanced periodontitis in elderly people and provide the preventing and controlling basis for them . Methods In a pair-matched case-control study, 100 patients and 100 controls were matched according to age, sex, education degree and living area. All the cases were investigated face-to-face and were checked their oral cavity clinically. Data were made analysis of the unvaried and multivariate and combined effect.Result In multiple logistic regressions: smoking, oral hygiene status, bad prosthesis, systemic disease, negative affairs, tooth attrition and decayed filled tooth. Showed significantly independent association with moderate to advanced periodontitis in elderly people, the odds ratio OR and OR 95% CI were2.753(1.095,6.923),1.277(1.149,1.420),3.165(1.047,9.569),2.417(1.043,5.606),2.665(1.124,6.316),0.816(0.690,0.965) ,0.286(0.144,0.569).Conclusion It was suggested that we should strengthen oral health instruction, stop bad prosthesis as a dentist advocate giving up smoking furthermore, we also should think much of the old people's systemic disease and also their social mental problems.