Psychosocial distress and peridontitis in adolescents.

Filed under: Depression Treatment

Oral Health Prev Dent. 2012; 10(3): 211-8
López R, Ramírez V, Marró P, Baelum V

Purpose: To assess whether adolescents with periodontitis presented with higher scores for non-psychotic psychosocial disorders than control subjects without periodontitis. Materials and Methods: A case control study (n = 160) nested in a well-defined adolescent population (n = 9,163) was performed using the 28-item Spanish version of the General Health Questionnaire. The inclusion criterion for being a case was a clinical attachment level of >= 3 mm in at least two teeth. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used… Continue reading →