National Economic Burden Associated with Management of Periodontitis in Malaysia

Table 2

Clinical burden of periodontitis based on national epidemiological findings and census report.

	Moderate periodontitis	Severe periodontitis	All cases
% of population with periodontitis (MOH, 2012)	30.30%	18.20%	48.5%
Number of adults at risk of periodontitis (aged 15 and above) (National Census Report, 2011)	—	—	23,757,994
Number of adults estimated as having periodontitis	7,198,672	4,323,955	11,522,627