Abstract

Gabriela Alessandra da Cruz Galhardo Camargo*, Carlos Emanoel Silva da Silveira, Tânia Maria Vieira Fortes, Adriana de Castro e Silva and Cléverson Oliveira Silva

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease and root caries in a Brazilian population, in the city of Aracaju, state of Sergipe. Two hundred subjects, age ranging from 20 - 60 years old, were recruited. The following full-mouth clinical parameters were evaluated: number of missing teeth, number of exposure root surfaces (gingival recession) and root caries, bleeding score, root caries index (RCI), and periodontal screening recording (PSR). The outcomes demonstrated a mean of 4.54% of missing teeth per patient, bleeding score of 29.72, 1.26 root caries, and a RCI of 9.21%. The most prevalent PSR score was 2 (for all the mandible sextants), 0 (2nd sextant), 1 (3rd sextant), and 3 (1st sextant). Based on theses results, it is concluded that the prevalence of periodontal disease and root caries occur with low frequency in the subjects evaluated.