PERIODONTAL TREATMENT NEEDS OF PREGNANT AND NON-PREGNANT FEMALES VISITING SHARIF MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE, LAHORE

Objective: To determine the periodontal treatment needs by comparing needs of pregnant and non-pregnant females Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 44 pregnant and 52 non pregnant women visiting the gynecology department of Sharif Medical and Dental College and Raiwind Polyclinic, Lahore from March 2019 to August 2019. Data was collected using the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN).The data was analyzed using SPSS version 22 and all nominal data was entered in frequencies and percentages whereas all numerical data was entered as mean with its respective standard deviation. Results: The mean age of 26.86±4.511 for pregnant women and 31.08±7.213 for non-pregnant women. The analysis of treatment needs of pregnant and non-pregnant women revealed that the percentage of women who required no treatment (TN0) was higher in non-pregnant women (1.9%) in comparison to pregnant women (1.2%). It was observed that complex treatment, scaling and Oral hygiene instructions (TN3) were found to be the treatment need of none of the pregnant women while 1.9% of the non-pregnant women. The treatments needs of both the groups fell in the category of TN1 (Oral hygiene instructions) and TN2 (Scaling and prophylaxis + oral hygiene instructions) with the percentage of non-pregnant women requiring TN1 and TN2 being higher in comparison to pregnant women. Conclusion: The percentage of women who required no treatment (TN0) was higher in non-pregnant women in comparison to pregnant women. There was no pregnant woman who required complex treatment, scaling and Oral hygiene instructions (TN3) whereas 1.9% of the non-pregnant women needed it. While the percentage of non-pregnant women requiring TN1 and TN2 was more in comparison to pregnant women.