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Published in: BMC Oral Health 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Research article

Pocket depth and bleeding on probing and their associations with dental, lifestyle, socioeconomic and blood variables: a cross-sectional, multicenter feasibility study of the German National Cohort

Authors: Heiko Zimmermann, Daniel Hagenfeld, Katja Diercke, Nihad El-Sayed, Julia Fricke, Karin Halina Greiser, Jan Kühnisch, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger, Nicole Pischon, Tobias Pischon, Stefanie Samietz, Marc Schmitter, Astrid Steinbrecher, Ti-Sun Kim, Heiko Becher

Published in: BMC Oral Health | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

To investigate the periodontal disease status in a multi-center cross-sectional study in Germany. Associations of dental, socio-economic, blood and biomedical variables with periodontal outcome parameters were evaluated.

Methods

From 4 different centers N = 311 persons were included, drawn randomly from the registration offices. Maximal pocket depth (PD) was used as primary indicator for periodontitis. It was classified as: no/mild ≤3 mm, moderate 4-5 mm, severe ≥6 mm. Associations between socioeconomic (household income, education), lifestyle, and biomedical factors and PD or bleeding on probing (BOP) per site (“Yes”/”No”) was analyzed with logistic regression analysis.

Results

Mean age of subjects was 46.4 (range 20–77) years. A significantly higher risk of deeper pockets for smokers (OR = 2.4, current vs. never smoker) or persons with higher BMI (OR = 1.6, BMI increase by 5) was found. Severity of periodontitis was significantly associated with caries lesions (p = 0.01), bridges (p < .0001), crowns (p < .0001), leukocytes (p = 0.04), HbA1c (p < .0001) and MCV (p = 0.04). PD was positively correlated with BOP. No significant associations with BOP were found in regression analysis.

Conclusions

Earlier findings for BMI and smoking with severity of PD were confirmed. Dental variables might be influenced by potential confounding factors e.g. dental hygiene. For blood parameters interactions with unknown systemic diseases may exist.
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Metadata
Title
Pocket depth and bleeding on probing and their associations with dental, lifestyle, socioeconomic and blood variables: a cross-sectional, multicenter feasibility study of the German National Cohort
Authors
Heiko Zimmermann
Daniel Hagenfeld
Katja Diercke
Nihad El-Sayed
Julia Fricke
Karin Halina Greiser
Jan Kühnisch
Jakob Linseisen
Christa Meisinger
Nicole Pischon
Tobias Pischon
Stefanie Samietz
Marc Schmitter
Astrid Steinbrecher
Ti-Sun Kim
Heiko Becher
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Oral Health / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-15-7

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