DENTAL CALCULUS

Rizki Yulita Rahmah Ahmad Fadhillah Haluanry Doane Santoso Nida Amalia

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The periodontal status of a group of Sri Lanka tea laborers and a group of Norwegia academicians for a 15-year period. Srilanka > Norwegia
The norwegian population had ready acces to preventive dental care throughout their live, whereas the Sri Lanka tea laborers did not.

Deposition of supragingival calculus continued as individuals aged, reaching a maximal calculus score around 25 to 30 year of age. Most of the teeth were covered by calculus, although the facial surface had less calculus than the lingual or palatal surface. The first areas to exhibit calculus deposit : Facial aspects of maxillary molars. Lingual surface of mandibular incisors. Calculus accumulation appeared to be symmetric, and by age 45 only a few teeth, typically the premolars, were without calculus.

The norwegian exhibited a marked reduction in the accumulation of calculus compared with the sri lanka group. However, despite that 80% of teenagers formed supragingival calculus on the facial surface of the upper molars and the lingual surface of the lower incisors, no additional calculus formation occurred on other teeth and calculus did not increas with age.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) evaluated 9689 adult in United States between 1988 and 1994. this survey revealed that 91.8% of the subject had detectable calculus and 55.1% had subgingival calculus.

Supragingival calculus and subgingival calculus may be seen on radiograph. Highly calcified interproximal calculus deposits are radily detectable as radiopaque projections that protrude into the interdental space. However, the sensitivity level of of calculus by radiograph is low.