Prevalence of Periodontitis on a Sample of Adult Egyptian Population: A Cross-sectional Study I

Adult patients will be included by consecutive manner from the diagnostic center at the Faculty of Dentistry.

All the patient information and medical history will be obtained from the patient and recorded byte principal investigator of this study.

Dental examinationof permanent fully erupted teeth will be performed by the principal investigator of this study, excluding third molars, retained roots, and implants.

Periodontal examinations will be performed using full-mouth periodontal examination (FMEP) methodology.

Periodontitis is defined here as 1-2 mm clinical attachment loss (CAL)in interproximal area in two non-adjacent teeth and Staging involves four categories (stages 1 through 4) and is determined after considering several variables including clinical attachment loss, amount and percentage of bone loss, probing depth, presence and extent of angular bony defects and furcation involvement, tooth mobility, and tooth loss due to periodontitis.