Role of Periodontal Health Status on Bleeding and Clotting Time

Abstract

The extent and severity of periodontal disease determines the necessity for a surgical or nonsurgical treatment approach in its management.The dental professional must be aware of the possibility that periodontal patients with no previous indication of bleeding can manifest their first bleeding event in the dental office. In order to prevent any ill event, it is always safe to advise the patient for a blood test to determine their bleeding and clotting times and check if they are within the normal range.The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between periodontal status and bleeding and clotting time. A retrospective study was conducted using the patient records from Saveetha Dental College, Chennai from June 2019 - April 2020. The study population included patients with recorded bleeding and clotting time values, selected by non-probability purposive sampling. Data was collected and then subjected to statistical analysis. Microsoft Excel 2016 (Microsoft office 10) data spreadsheet was used to collect data and later exported to SPSS IBM (version 20.0). Descriptive statistics and chi square test were employed with a level of significance set at p<0.05. The mean age of patients included in this study was 38.15 +/- 17.55 years. 45.77% were females and 54.23% were males. The prevalence of periodontitis among patients with recorded bleeding and clotting time values was 28.17%. Within the limits of this study, there is no significant correlation between bleeding time, clotting time and periodontal status, though the values were lower than the normal range in periodontitis patients.