Abstract The purpose of this
cross-sectional study was to investigate the effect of different forms of
periodontal diseases on
Oral Health-Related
Quality of Life (OHRQoL). Fifty-two
patients with
Aggressive Periodontitis (AP) or
Chronic Periodontitis (CP) were included nine
patients with Localized
Aggressive Periodontitis (LAP), thirty-three
patients with Generalized
Aggressive Periodontitis (GAP) and ten
patients with Generalized
Chronic Periodontitis (GCP).
Oral Health Impact Profile
questionnaires (OHIP-14) were distributed after a clinical examination that measured the following periodontal
parameters tooth loss,
bleeding on probing (BoP), probing depth (PD),
gingival recession (REC) and clinical attachment level (CAL). The global OHIP-14 score means were 10.6 for LAP, 16.5 for GAP, and 17.5 for GCP. A statistically significant difference (p < 0.01) was observed between the LAP group and the other two groups. There was significantly less
bleeding and recession in the LAP group than in the
patients with the generalized forms of
periodontitis. LAP, GAP and GCP have an impact on
patient quality of life when measured using the OHIP-14.
Patients with GAP and GCP had poorer OHRQoL than LAP
patients.