Female Hormone-Related Events on Periodontium and Periodontal Illness Perception
İADR General Session & Exhibition 2025, Barcelona, İspanya, 25 - 28 Haziran 2025, (Özet Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Barcelona
- Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objectives: Changes in female hormones such as pregnancy,
menopause, and OCS use are risk factors that have been found to be associated
with periodontal diseases. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to
evaluate the effect of female hormone-related events on periodontium throughout
a woman's life and to determine women's views on periodontal illness perception
and quality of life.
Materials and Methods: A total of 278 female participants aged 18-75 years were examined. Clinical
periodontal parameters (plaque index (PI), probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical
attachment loss (CAL), and bleeding on probing (BOP)) were recorded. Brief
Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) and the Oral Health Impact Profile
(OHIP-14) questionnaires were used to evaluate the quality of life and disease
perception. Potential links between sex hormone-related events, periodontal
indices and BIPQ-TR were evaluated by statistical analysis.
Results: Late menopausal age and longer
reproductive life length were found to be associated with disease severity in
patients with periodontitis (p<0.05). When women's perceptions of
periodontal disease were evaluated, items 1 ‘Consequences’, 2 (Timeline), 5
(Identity), and 8 (Emotional response) were higher in the periodontitis group
than in the gingivitis and healthy groups (p<0.05). The periodontitis group
had significantly highest scores on item 6 ‘Concern’. When the Fagerstrom
scores of the patients were evaluated, the high level of smoking addiction in
the periodontitis group was 67% and there was a statistically significant
difference between the groups (p=0.020). Furthermore, OHIP-14 scores indicated
that the domains of 'Psychological Discomfort' and 'Psychological Disability’ were
significantly higher in the periodontitis group compared to the gingivitis and
healthy groups (p<0.05).
Conclusions: Our results suggested that the severity of periodontal disease is related
to the menopausal age and reproductive life length. In addition, female
patients have high awareness of periodontal disease and perceive periodontal
disease as threatening.
Key
Words (MeSH): Periodontal
Health, Women Health, Periodontal Disease Perception, Sex Hormone-Related
Events