FREQUENCY OF GINGIVITIS AMONG PATIENTS VISITING SARDAR BEGUM DENTAL COLLEGE (SBDC) AND HOSPITAL PESHAWAR

Objective: To determine the frequency of gingivitis among patients visiting Sardar Begum Dental College (SBDC) and Hospital Peshawar. Materials and Methods: A Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Sardar Begum Dental College and Hospital Peshawar, over a period of six month from March 219 to August 2019. Patients of both genders aged 16 to 60 years having all permeant teeth erupted were included in the study. The sample size for this study was three hundred eighty-four and method employed was consecutive sampling technique. The data were analyzed through SPSS version 24. Results: In this study 384 patients were examined in which the number of males were 176 (45.80%) and females were 208 (54.20%). Two hundred and fifty (65.10%) subjects had gingivitis. 137 (65.86%) Females in comparison to 113 (64.20%) males having gingivitis. The study variables including age, gender, frequency of tooth brushing, regular dental checkups were strongly associated with the gingivitis (p value <0.001). Educational status was also found to be associated with frequency of tooth brushing and dental checkups (p value < 0.01). Conclusion: This study concluded that the gingivitis was highly prevalent among the patients visiting to SBDC& Hospital, Peshawar and various factors were strongly associated to its causation.