[Periodontal disease in the workers of paints and lacquer industry (author's transl)]

Examinations were performed by the author upon the influence of organic solvents and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on parodontium in the workers of paints and lacquer industry. 195 persons employed in industry were examined. 100 persons whose conditions of work had no influence on their parodontium served as controls.--It was found that both, the frequency of incidents and the degree of intesity of changes in periodontium were significantly higher than those in the control group not exposed to the noxius action of work conditions.--This was analysed depending on sex, age, total time of employment and development of calculus dentis and plaques. The frequency, the intensivity of PI and the kind of parodontopathy was examined depending on various toxic condition at different working places. All statistical examinations were carried out by the use of the computer EMC ODRA 1305.