Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Oral Hygiene Practice on Periodontal Health of Egyptian Adults

Alsayed Mohamed Alsayed Alsadany

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Periodontal Health

Treatments: Behavioral: socioeconomic status

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04509843

3-4-20

Details and patient eligibility

About

evaluation the relationship between the socioeconomic status and periodontal health of Egyptian adults.

Full description

It is a cross-sectional study for evaluation and assessment of periodontal health, socioeconomic status and oral hygiene measurements among Egyptian adults recruiting from the outpatient clinic and the payed treatment clinics at faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

The faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University is an open public facility, a tertiary healthcare and a referral center.

Enrollment: 456 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• -Patients whose age is 18-70 years old recruiting from the outpatient clinic and the payed clinic
• Provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients having problem in opening their mouth or undergoing intermaxillary fixation where oral examination will not be possible.
• Patients diagnosed with psychiatric problems or intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.
• pregnant patients.
• patients undergoing orthodontic treatment.
• patients who had undergone periodontal treatment over the past six months.