Associação entre doença periodontal e qualidade de vida de usuários tabagistas do centro Hiperdia – Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the association between periodontal disease and quality of life of users smokers treated in HIPERDIA - Juiz de Fora. The study included 96 individuals, of which we collected data on the socioeconomic variables, clinical parameters, smoking history, perception on quality of life. The chronic periodontitis was classified according to the American aAcademia of Periodontologia and the methodology proposed by Genco. The data quality of life were obtained by means of the instrument Oral Health Impact Profile in the reduced form (OHIP-14), adapted and validated in English. The periodontal disease was found in 79 patients (82.2%) of the evaluated, and that 65 (67.7%) of these have severe chronic periodontitis in severe form. The mean score of the OHIP-14 was 7.98, and that psychological discomfort, pain and psychological disability were the dimensions of the greatest impact on quality of life of users surveyed. Whereas the populations served is high risk, with various chronic diseases associated with the use of tobacco, we realize that this is a population that requires strategies and early interventions for oral health and, consequently, the quality of life.