Relation of smoking and periodontal status among 30s-50s Adults in Metropolitan Area

Objectives: Smoking is well known risk factor various disease and cause of periodontal disease. So the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between somking and periodontal status. Methods: This study conducted a survey for the 151 aduts aged 30 to 59 from Oct. 1,2006 to Mar. 30, 2007 and the 1st examination through a clinical periodontal index and a radiograph to analyze the periodontal status in smoking status. For the inspection of periodontal status, t-test and one-way analysis of variance was conducted. Results: In terms of the number of quadrants possessing periodontal pocket, the groups of smokers(3.34) and former smokers(3.38) were higher than the non-smokers group(2.72) and the amount of loss for interproximal bone was noticeably more abundant in the groups of smokers(67.23) and formoer smokers(81.97) than in the non-smoking group(49.44). There were to differences in the amount of smoking between the group who smoked less than 20 cigarettes(56.24) and that smoked more than 21 cigarettes(97.45) and the group who smoked less than 10 cigarettes (49.44) while drinking alcohol and that smoked more than 11 cigarcttes*87.56) while drinking. Conelusions: Smoking is not related to O' Leary Plaque Index, Loe & Silness index and number of missing teeth; however, it has been found that the impact of smoking was conspicuous in the improvement effects of periodontal status as well as the number of quadrants possessing periodontal pocket, amount of loss for interprowimal bone