Evaluation of the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) in Dialysis Patients Referring to the Hemodialysis Department of 5th Azar Hospital in Gorgan City, 2017- 2018

• Main Authors: Elaheh Ramezani, Amir Reza Ahmadinia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Scientific Research in Dental and Medical Sciences (IJSRDMS) 2019-06-01
• Series: International Journal of Scientific Research in Dental and Medical Sciences
• Subjects: cpitn; hemodialysis; periodontal diseases
• Online Access: http://www.ijsrdms.com/article_89760_a34b62dcc034ed1440bd11c0dac051d8.pdf

<strong>Background and aim:</strong> Patients who undergo hemodialysis treatment usually have problems like periodontal diseases because of the side effects of their illness or their drugs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate periodontal problems and their therapeutic needs by assessing the CPITN index in patients with dialysis, to take a step toward the periodontal health of these patients.<br /> <strong>Materials and methods:</strong> This study was performed on 55 dialysis Patients admitted to the ward of hemodialysis of the 5th Azar Gorgan Hospital, who were eligible. After giving necessary explanations, the day after their dialysis treatment, they received periodontal examination. We used SPSS18 for statistical analysis of the data.<br /> <strong>Results:</strong> Measurement of the CPITN index showed that normal periodontal status (code 0): 7.3%, bleeding on probing (code 1): 10.9%, dental calculus (code 2): 49.1%, low depth pockets (code 3): 27.3%, deep pockets (code 4): 5.5%. In other words 4 patients (7.3%) didn’t need any treatments, 6 of them (10.9%) needed oral hygiene instruction, 42 of them (76.4%) needed oral hygiene instruction and scaling, and 3 of them (5.5%) needed advanced periodontal treatments.<br /> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of this study shows that most of hemodialysis patients were not in a good situation for periodontal diseases and needed treatments. Also it was found that the CPITN index does not matter on the sex or age of the patients but it has a meaningful relation with the duration of dialysis treatment, in other words the longer duration of dialysis treatment causes more periodontal problems.