Cent Eur J Public Health 2021, 29(4):311-316 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6671

Cigarette smoking and its consequences on periodontal health in teenagers: a cross-sectional study

Ivana Šutej1, Darko Božić2, Kristina Peroš1, Darije Plančak2
1 Department of Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2 Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Objectives: Smoking has been extensively investigated as a risk factor for periodontal disease and many studies have confirmed it. The aim of this study was to show data from Croatia on periodontal health among high school students, with the focus on association of tobacco use and oral hygiene habits, and the periodontal parameters.

Methods: Pocket probing depth (PPD), bleeding on probing, supragingival calculus, and oral hygiene habits were recorded for each examinee out of 517 high school students. PPD was measured at 4 interproximal sites on all first molars and central incisors (index teeth).

Results: There were 34.6% smokers among subjects, who started smoking on average at the age of 14. More than half of the smokers (55.3%) smoked 1-10 cigarettes per day and intensity of smoking increased with age. PPD was significantly greater (p = 0.012) in smokers (1.69 mm) than in non-smokers (1.59 mm). In non-smoking subjects, increased values of PPD were in direct proportion to the reduced frequency of brushing, while there was no difference in smokers. The number of cigarettes smoked and duration of smoking had a great influence on PPD. Smokers had on average more teeth with supragingival calculus than non-smokers, while non-smokers had more bleeding on probing, and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: This study indicated that cigarette smoking was associated with decreased periodontal health even in this young population. Irregular oral hygiene was associated with decreased periodontal health only in non-smokers. Therefore, it should be important to inform young smokers about the negative effects of cigarette smoking on periodontal health, to provide consultations and reinforce smoking prevention measures.

Keywords: cigarette smoking, adolescents, supragingival calculus, periodontal disease, periodontal health

Received: December 14, 2020; Revised: August 5, 2021; Accepted: August 5, 2021; Published: December 31, 2021  Show citation

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Šutej I, Božić D, Peroš K, Plančak D. Cigarette smoking and its consequences on periodontal health in teenagers: a cross-sectional study. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2021;29(4):311-316. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a6671. PubMed PMID: 35026071.
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