Avaliação da associação dos transtornos mentais e doença periondontal em uma população de policiais militares

Abstract

Evidences suggest that some factors, also Mental Disorders (MD) might be associated with periodontal diseases (PD). In order to test this hypothesis, it was considered an epidemiological study with 345 Brazilian policemen from 803 total. The policemen voluntarily had consented to the exam from September of 2008 to July of 2009. Patients prescribed steroids or those diagnosed with diabetes and diseases cardiovascular were excluded from this study. To asses MD the GHQ-12 survey and PD gravity was CPI and LOA. All clinical exams were performed by the same observer, who was standardized by kappa test. Scores of. CPI ≤ 2 and LOA ≤ 2 were considered as normal measures. Moreover had been evaluated conditions sociodemografics, satisfaction with mouth condition, tobacco and drink habit, oral hygiene, type of hygiene, time in the Police, Type of hygiene, and Type of work. Odds ratios (ORs) for periodontal diseases severity and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using binomial logistic regression analyses or Poisson Regression as suggested before. Smoking habit and age were associated with severity in LOA and CPI index. On the other hand, no difference in distribution of alcohol intake, gender, function in the police, length of service in the police e Mental Disorders, was observed between samples with or without PD. In conclusion, it was not observed relation between Mental Disorders and the incidence of Periodontal Disease in a Brazilian Police population. On the other hand, smoking and older policemen present great prevalence of periodontal diseases .