Association between root surface caries occurrence and systemic diseases in adult and elderly population in Mosul City-Iraq | ||
| Al-Rafidain Dental Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 2, Issue 2, September 2002, Pages 220-225 PDF (1.79 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rden.2002.166156 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Tarik KHAMRCO; Ghada Dh AL-SYAGH; Layla A MAKANI | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was designed to investigate the relationship between root surface caries and systemic disease (diabetes, hypertension and heart problem) in the adult and elderly population in Mosul City, Iraq. A sample of (1270) subjects [719 males (56.6%) and 551 (43.4%)] are collected randomly from different eight factories, seven primary schools, eight secondary schools and five colleges from Mosul City. According to age, the sample was divided into four age groups (30-39),(40-49),(50-59) and (60-69) years. The result indicated that the subjects with systemic disease have more effected by root surface caries than the subject medically fit, for the age groups below (60) years. These differences were highly significant, while the subjects in the age group (60-69) years reported the very high percentage affected by root surface caries for both groups with no significant difference between them. The study revealed that the males with systemic disease have a higher significant root surface caries than the females in all age groups except for the age group (40-49) years. For total group with root surface caries, the percent with systemic disease in males was slightly higher (36.8%) than females (29.8%) with no significant difference between them. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Root caries; -- systemic disease; -- elderly; -- adults | ||
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