Table 4.
Periodontal status of Caribbean children.
Country | Year | Authors | Study sample | Measurements | Findings |
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Dominican Republic | 2005 | Collins et al. | School-based sample of 2007 adolescents aged 12–21 years | PPD, recession and CAL at six sites per tooth | CAL ≥2 mm at one site or more seen in 15% of participants CAL ≥3 mm at one site or more seen in less than 4% of participants |
St. Vincent/Grenadines | 1991 | Alonge et al. | School-based sample of 1646 children aged 7–19 years | CPI (WHO) | 12 years old: 21% scored 0 6% scored 1 (bleeding) 74% scored 2 (calculus present) 15–19 years old: 12% scored 0 5% scored 1 (bleeding) 83% scored 2 (calculus present) |
Dominica | 1990 | Leake et al. | School-based sample of 442 adolescents aged 11–13 years | CPI (WHO) | 31% scored 0 62% scored 1 or 2 (calculus present) |
Antigua | 1990 | Vignarajah et al. | School-based sample of 246 children aged 12 years and 456 adolescents 15–19 years | CPI (WHO) | 12 years old: 26% scored 0 28% scored 1 (bleeding) 46% scored 2 (calculus present) 15–19 years old: 14% scored 0 13% scored 1 (bleeding) 56% scored 2 (calculus present) 14% scored 3 (pockets 3.5–5.5 mm) 3% scored 4 (pockets ≥6 mm) |
Dominican Republic | 1986 | Garcia-Godoy et al. | School-based sample of 1080 adolescents aged 12–16 years | CPI (WHO) | 13% scored 0 6% scored 1 (bleeding) 69% scored 2 (calculus present) 12% scored 3 (pockets 3.5–5.5 mm) 0% scored 4 (pockets ≥6 mm) |
Trinidad | 1961 | Wertheimer et al. | Census-based sample of 2000 persons, including adolescents aged 15–19 years | PI (Russell, 1956*) | PI score of 0.43 seen in those aged 15–19, on a scale of 0–8 |
PPD, pocket probing depth; CAL, clinical attachment loss; CPI, Community Periodontal Index.
Source: Russell AL. A system for classification and scoring for prevalence surveys of periodontal disease. J Dent Res 1956; 35: 350–359.