Juvenile periodontitis in black Jamaican females: A prospective study of eleven cases

OBJECTIVE: The aim was to study prospectively the clinicopathological aspects of juvenile periodontitis (JP) in Jamaica and assess the outcome of treatment (combined appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy and periodontal surgery/manipulation). METHODS: The records of 11 patients (all Jamaica females of Africian descent) consecutively diagnosed as JP, were reviewed. The outcome of treatment (appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy combined with periodontal surgery/manipulation) was assessed and documented. The microbiological swabs were taken from either the gingival sulcus, periodontal pathological pocket or root surface and sent to the Department of Microbiology of the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, for microbiological analysis, prior to commencement of appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy. RESULTS: The clinical and radiographic findings in this series of cases of juveniles periodontitis in Jamaica were consistent with what has been previously documented by other authors on JP throughout the world. However, the microbiolgy of JP in this study was varied, implicating organisms other than Actinobacillus actinomycetemiconitans, Capnnocytophagia spp, and E corridens. CONCCUSION: The outcome of treatment using these techniques was satisfactory.(Au)

Periodontitis in 13 year-old Jamaica children

The goal of this study was to determine if the Community Periodontal Index and Treatment Need (CPITN) screening method can detect an adolescent group at high risk for alveolar bone due to periodontitis. Forty-five Jamaican children, aged 13 years, with a pocket depth exceeding 3.5 mm on at least on index tooth were identified by CPITN for this cohort study. Current periodontal disease was noted by the presence of bleeding upon probing (97.8 percent) and subgingival calculus (41.5 percent) around the index teeth. Digital imaging software was used to analyze the radiographs and indicated alveolar bone loss greater than 2 mm in 93.3 of subjects and greater than 3 mm in 42.2 percent. The CPITN screening method was shown to be valuable as a tool for identifying this high-risk population (AU)

Periodontitis in 13-year-old Jamaican children

The goal of this study was to determine if the Community Periodontal Index and Treatment Need (CPITN) screening method can detect an adolescent group at high risk for alveolar bone loss due to periodontitis. Forty-five Jamaican children, age 13 years, with a pocket depth exceeding 3.5mm on at least on index tooth were identified by CPITN for this cohort study. Current periodontal disease was noted by the presence of bleeding upon probing (97.8 percent) and subgingival calculus (41.5 percent) around the index teeth. Digital imaging software was used to analyze the radiographs and indicated alveolar bone loss greater than 2mm in 93.3 percent of subjects and greater than 3mm in 42.2 percent. The CPITN screening method was shown to be valuable as a tool for identifying this high-risk population.(AU)