Periodontal Tissue Status among Mental Retardation Patients with Fixed Prosthodontic Appliances

Background: The mental, physical and social impediments cause limitation of chances in normal life as an equal level with others of the community; particularly in relation to maintain good oral hygiene and periodontal health among the disabled patients who were receiving fixed partial denture. So the present study was performed to evaluate the periodontal tissue status among mental retardation patients with fixed prosthodontic appliances. Subjects and Methods: A total of 400 patients between the ages 18 and 50 years were clinically selected from outpatient clinics, college of dentistry, King Khalid University and rehabilitation center in Abha city, Saudi Arabia. They were divided into two equal groups as the following: group I: Two hundred mental retardation patients without fixed prosthodontic appliances (control group) and, group II: Two hundred mental retardation patients had fixed prosthodontic appliances for at least a year ago. A complete periodontal clinical examination was performed and the following indices were recorded: plaque index (PLI), gingival index (GI), and clinical attachment loss (CAL). All data was recorded and analyzed by ANOVA test. Results: The clinical results of the present study confirmed the relationship among the mental retardation, fixed prosthodontic appliances and destruction of periodontal tissues. It has been found that the severity of periodontal disease increases among the study group compared to the control group. Statistically significant differences were found in PLI, GI and CAL in the comparison between group I and II (p < 0.05). Conclusion: There was a negative relationship between mental retardation with a status of periodontal tissues and oral hygiene among the patients under fixed prosthodontic management. How to cite this paper: Al-Abdaly, M.M.A.A., Qahas, A.M.A., Honbos, A.M.A. and Alshehri, A.A.A. (2018) Periodontal Tissue Status among Mental Retardation Patients with Fixed Prosthodontic Appliances. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9, 49-58. https://doi.org/10.4236/ijcm.2018.91006 Received: December 28, 2017 Accepted: January 21, 2018 Published: January 24, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access M. M. A. A. Al-Abdaly et al. DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2018.91006 50 International Journal of Clinical Medicine


Introduction
Periodontal disease is defined as a multi-factorial chronic infection, which causes destruction of tooth supporting tissues.Generally, it is widespread among adult patients.Therefore there are some systemic diseases which can cause progression of periodontal disease, and according to some studies, periodontal diseases don't affect all persons or teeth at the same time or by the same method.
A prosthodontic management is the replacement of missing teeth so as to an esthetic and a functional rehabilitation of the patient's mouth.The success of this treatment depends on its resistance and its biological effect on periodontal tissues and there were several researches that displayed increased plaque accumulation on prosthodontic appliances which have an unfavorable effect on periodontal tissue.Therefore periodontal disease is considered as a common complication of fixed partial dentures [3]- [8].
Mental retardation is a defect of mental capacity tests and causes restricted daily living capacity with weak social communication skills [9].According to many studies the periodontal and oral health among mentally retarded persons was lower than that of normal persons and when periodontal disease appears among these patients with one of other systemic diseases, this leads to periodontal destruction without knowing the cause [10]- [16].
The oral hygiene information of the disabled people oral hygiene was rare and was based on the evaluation of a small number of people with vastly various ages, particularly who received fixed partial denture.Seymour and Greeley et al.
as well as other investigators observed that there was a significant effect of disability on periodontal tissues [17]- [22].In addition, Svatum and Gjermo detected that there was a decrease in periodontal health status with the increase of age and a high degree of mental deficiency of disabled patients [23].According to other studies that were done on the oral hygiene status of the handicapped patients, there was a high spread progression of gingival and periodontal disease, a large number of increased missing teeth, high susceptibility to traumatic injuries in the mouth, increased tooth wear and poor oral and denture hygiene [24] [25] [26] [27] [28].To depend on our knowledge, there is no published study about the periodontal tissue status among mental retardation patients with fixed prosthodontic appliances in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the periodontal tissue status among mental retardation patients with fixed prosthodontic appliances in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.International Journal of Clinical Medicine

Subjects and Methods
A cross-sectional study was done from April 2017 to October 2017.400 moderate mental retardation patients, aged between 18 and 50 years old, were selected from outpatient clinics, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University and rehabilitation center in Abha city, Saudi Arabia.They were divided into two groups as the following: Group I: Two hundred moderate mental retardation patients without fixed prosthodontic appliances (control group) and, group II: Two hundred moderate mental retardation patients had fixed prosthodontic appliances for at least a year ago (Figures 1-3).A complete periodontal clinical examination was performed and the following indices were recorded: Plaque index (PLI) [29], gingival index (GI) [30], and clinical attachment loss (CAL).
All participants in the present study were without systemic diseases and they had not received any periodontal and antibiotic therapy for at least six months before the study was conducted.The consent of all participants was obtained to meet the protocol of the scientific college of dentistry, King Khalid University.
The results of the present study were recorded, tabulated and analyzed by using SPSS version 23and by conducting ANOVA test.

Results
Table 1 and Figure 4 of clinical examination show the clinical findings of the present study.In Group II, the mean and standard deviation (±SD) of plaque index (PLI) is 2.43 ± 0.6, which coincides with the presence of plaque at gingival margin, and the mean and standard deviation (±SD) of gingival index (GI) is 2.19 ± 0.4 furthermore the mean and standard deviation (±SD) of clinical attachment loss (CAL) was is 5.33 ± 0.7.In Group I (control group), the mean and standard deviation (±SD) of PLI was is 1.82 ± 0.43, and the mean and standard deviation (±SD) of GI is 1.61 ± 0.52 also the mean and standard deviation (±SD) of clinical attachment loss (CAL) is 3.22 ± 0.71.
Most patients in the group study displayed moderate plaque to abundant levels compared to mild to moderate plaque in the control group, whereas all patients of the study group were diagnosed with moderate to severe plaque induced gingivitis compared to mild to moderate plaque induced gingivitis in the control group.On the other hand, most patients in group study were diagnosed with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis compared to mild to moderate chronic periodontitis in the control group.In the present study there was highly significance differences in PLI plaque index (PLI), gingival index (GI) and clinical attachment loss (CAL) between Group I and Group II (p = 000) where PLI, CI and CAL were more in Group II compared to Group I.

Discussion
Oral care and its quality participate in general health, which must be excellent and right [31].The oral care of the disabled may be neglected because of their International Journal of Clinical Medicine     of the current study was to evaluate the periodontal tissue status among mental retardation patients with fixed prosthodontic appliances.
Periodontal disease was found to be common among rehabilitation center patients in Abha city due to their inability to perception the procedures of oral health prevention.Moreover, as is known that the disabled patients are more susceptible to progression of periodontal disease compared to normal patients.
They don't have got periodontal therapy, for these patients get inadequate oral hygiene instructions.And some of these patients breathe from their mouth, which could cause mouth dryness and increase plaque and calculus formation [33].There are some factors of prosthodontic appliances like poor marginal edges adaptation and bad design of their contours which linked with inflammatory periodontal disease [34].
In the study of Ozgul et al. on one hundred and five patients with mental retardation (MR), there were statistically significant increase for the severity of MR and increase in clinical periodontal indices due to their bad oral hygiene.And it may aggravated by intensity of MR [35].
This study agrees with the results of the present study that there were significance differences in plaque index (PLI), gingival index (GI) and clinical attachment loss (CAL) between group I and group II (p < 0.005) where PLI, CI and CAL were more in group I compared to group II.Moreover in another study of patients with Down syndrome, there was greater susceptibility to periodontal disease due difficulty in their oral hygiene and deficiency in their immunity against dental biofilm and periodontal pathogenic bacteria [36].culus were considered risk factors for periodontal diseases.There was increase in plaque index 1.08 and the gingival index was 1.06 [37].In the study carried out in Polonia to assess the gingival and oral status of mental retardation (MR) children and adolescent, there were plaque index of 1.33 and a gingival index of 1.67.The study results agree with the results of the present study and emphasize the results of other researches of bad oral hygiene and increased incidence of periodontal disease among the disability patients [38].
In Indian study on 750 teenagers between 14 -17 year olds in five groups, one hundred and fifty intellectually disabled, 150 visually impaired, 150 physically handicapped, 150 dumb and 150 deaf and 150 control group were examined.
There was increase in bad oral hygiene, PLI and incidence of periodontal disease in the intellectually disabled group compared to control group [39].And in 2004, Carvalho and Araújo have declared that periodontal disease is the most pathological changes in the oral mucosa among mentally handicapped patients due to their bad oral hygiene and the inability in performing the mechanical removal of bacterial plaque correctly [40].This study agrees with the results of Nigerian study done on mentally handicapped school children to assess their periodontal health.Most patients in group study displayed moderate plaque to abundant levels compared to mild to moderate plaque in the control group.The study group was diagnosed with moderate to severe gingivitis compared mild to moderate gingivitis in the control group.On the other hand, most patients in group study were diagnosed with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis compared to mild to moderate chronic periodontitis in the control group.All patients needed oral hygiene care and none of them had a healthy periodontium [41].
Moreover, different materials may be used for fixed prosthodontic appliances.In the present study, there were no significance differences in all clinical parameters among the mental retardation patients with fixed prosthodontic appliances made of different materials.These findings agree with the results of previous study that were carried out on different dental materials [42].On the other hand, in the present study and according to the placement of the fixed prosthodontic appliance in upper or in the lower jaw, there were no differences in the effect of the fixed prosthodontic appliance on periodontal tissues, but these differences revealed among elderly patients more evidently than young patients.It may be the decrease in their host defense and nutritional deficiency.
A key limitation to this study was the lack in the studies on clinical evaluation of periodontal status among mental retardation patients being treated to replacement of missing teeth with fixed partial dentures in Saudi Arabia.Moreover this study was the first study in Aseer region.Second, there were difficulties during clinical examination and we depended on the patients companions, especially in the case history assessment and also the patients in the present study were in poor cooperation and attention, which affected the periodontal and oral hygiene status of the patients.Therefore, periodontal disease was more common

Conclusion
Our study demonstrated that the severity of periodontal diseases of the mental retardation patients who received fixed prosthodontic appliances was higher than the control group with a decline in oral hygiene status.Therefore, an educational program for patients, their parents and caregivers should be applied to improve their periodontal status.

Figure 1 .
Figure 1.Periodontal changes of control case.
Furthermore and according to Gerreth et al. on patients with systemic disorders, MR, Immunological factors, bad oral hygiene and greater of plaque and cal- among mental retardation patients compared to the normal persons.Finally, the M. M. A. A. Al-Abdaly et al.DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2018.9100655 International Journal of Clinical Medicine appointments were short and there was delay in the patient visit sometimes.