The Effect of Waterpipe Smoking on Periodontal Health

Purpose: To determine the effect of waterpipe smoking on periodontal health. Materials and Methods: The study included 190 participants who were categorised into four groups; cigarette smokers, waterpipe smokers, dual smokers and nonsmokers. Intraoral examination included plaque (PI), gingival (GI) and calculus (CI) indices, probing pocket depth (PPD), clinical attachment level (CAL) and bleeding on probing (BOP). Results: The four groups differed significantly in the prevalence and extent of periodontal disease. Pairwise comparison tests showed that the means of percentages of sites with PPD > 3 mm, PPD > 4 mm, CAL > 1 mm and bleeding on probing were significantly higher among smoking groups compared to the nonsmoking group (p < 0.05). After adjusting for age, cigarette smokers (OR = 4.6), waterpipe smokers (OR = 4.3) and dual smokers (OR = 4.9) were significantly more likely to have periodontal disease compared to nonsmokers. When data were analysed according to the smoking method, no significant differences in the odds of periodontal disease were detected between different smoking groups (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Waterpipe tobacco smoking is not an alternative, safe way of smoking considering periodontal disease. Thus, global actions against waterpipe smoking are required.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
The Effect of Waterpipe Smoking on Periodontal Health ; volume:13 ; number:3 ; year:2015 ; pages:253-259
Oral health & preventive dentistry ; 13, Heft 3 (2015), 253-259

Urheber
Bibars, Abdel Rahim M.
Obeidat, Suhair R.
Khader, Yousef
Mahasneh, Arwa M.
Khabour, Omar F.

DOI
10.3290/j.ohpd.a32671
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023052112590508131313
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  • Bibars, Abdel Rahim M.
  • Obeidat, Suhair R.
  • Khader, Yousef
  • Mahasneh, Arwa M.
  • Khabour, Omar F.

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