Question

A hypothetical study investigated periodontal disease and oral hygiene behavior. The outcome of interest was the presence or absence of periodontal disease, and the exposure was current oral hygiene practices such as frequency of brushing and use of dental floss. Participants were enrolled during a regular dental visit where they were given a full dental screen and then completed a short questionnaire.

a. What type of a study design is this?

b. What are the advantages of using this design to study this question?

b. What is the major limitation of this design for showing that poor dental hygiene causes periodontal disease?

c. How might the patient’s knowledge of having periodontal disease bias the results?

Answer 1

A. Periodental disease

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This study design involves systamic regular check up in oral area, local bacterial affected inflammation

B. A periodontal disese involves diagnosis through radiographs and other clunical methods with a help of dental doctors, it is very much good enough to oral assessment. Finding out many disease affected cardio vascular system, ortho related problems, or it can bring out good oral hygienic behaviour

C. Most of the peoples lack a awareness and importance of periodental diseases, they will simply avoid most of the gum and teeth related problems that is why it is quite difficult to reach to a correct oral problems which is a early symptoms of other major problems affected in general health. They simply depend on local hygienic methods like brushing and other mouth cleaning agents.