Doença periodontal: associação com hábitos tabagísticos e doenças sistêmicas

Este trabalho associa graus de severidade de periodontite agressiva e cronica ao habito de fumar e a ocorrencia de doencas sistemicas. Selecionaram-se 83 pacientes com periodontite agressiva e cronica, classificados segundo parâmetros clinicos e radiograficos. A periodontite agressiva apresentou forte associacao estatistica com o habito de fumar e moderada associacao com doencas sistemicas e a coexistencia de ambas as variaveis. A periodontite cronica associou-se a ambos os fatores de modo independente. Habito de fumar e doencas sistemicas associaram-se fortemente aos diagnosticos de periodontite moderada e severa, tanto para periodontite agressiva como cronica. Quando coexistiram ambos os fatores, a severidade da doenca relacionou-se ao numero de cigarros e a complicacao sistemica. (AU) This article addresses the association of the severity of aggressive, chronic periodontitis and smoking habits, and the establishment of systemic diseases. Eighty-three patients presenting aggressive, chronic periodontitis were selected, according to clinical and radiographical parameters. It has been established a strong correlation between the periodontitis and smoking, and a moderate correlation to the establishment of systemic diseases and the presence of both variables. Chronic periodontitis was associated to both factors independently. Smoking habit and systemic diseases have been strongly associated to moderate and severe periodontitis, regardless they were aggressive or chronic. When both factors were present, the severity of the disease was related to the number of cigarettes and systemic complications. (AU)