Twenty years later: Oral health-related quality of life and standard of treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis

A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals. The abstracts on this page have been chosen and edited by Reena Wadia Satisfaction with oral status was perceived high by most patients treated for chronic periodontitis and a comparably high oral health-related quality of life can be achieved and retained long-term.

El Sayed N, Baeumer A, El Sayed S et al. J Periodontol 2018; DOI: 10.1002/JPER.18-0417. [Epub ahead of print].

This study aimed to assess oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) after long-term periodontal treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis (ChP) and compared it with the current clinical outcome and oral health status. Twenty years after therapy, 63 patients were re-examined. The dental and periodontal status and OHRQoL using the Oral Health Impact Profile-G49 (OHIP-G49) were assessed. Up to 75% of patients showed no probing depths >5 mm, bleeding on probing ≤25%, no pain and satisfactory function. A comparatively low perceived oral impact of ChP was represented by an OHIP-G49 score of 18.89 ± 21.66. The most common reported impairment was physical pain. Correlation between oral quality standard and the OHIP-G49 was limited to the physical pain subdomain.