Can a workplace preventive programme affect periodontal health?

ABSTRACT AIM: To evaluate an oral health awareness campaign in an adult population. DESIGN/SETTING: Four workplaces in north-east London were selected, matched in two pairs and randomly

allocated to test and control groups. Completion occurred in 1995. SUBJECTS: 98 volunteer employees in good general health. INTERVENTIONS: Two oral examinations were carried out, six weeks

apart. The test group received the programme immediately after baseline examination and the controls after the second visit. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Gingival bleeding on probing (BOP) and

probing depths (PD) were measured on each occasion using a controlled pressure probe. RESULTS: The mean percentage of sites with BOP per subject reduced from 56% to 25% in the test group,

while remaining static in the control group at 46% to 48%. The mean percentage of sites probing 4 mm and above per subject reduced from 38% to 25% in the test group and from 28% to 25% in

the control group. These differences between groups were statistically significant when submitted to analysis of covariance (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The study showed the clinical

effectiveness of a workplace-based oral health awareness campaign, which is ideally suited to the skills and resources of the primary care dental team You have full access to this article

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