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Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation Volume 2 | Issue 2/2016 61 K n o w l e d g e a b o u t p e r i o d o n t a l d i s e a s e a m o n g p a t i e n t s r e f e r r e d t o a s p e c i a l i s t c l i n i c Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 1 Knowledge about causes of or risk factors for periodontal disease. Only about 60% of patients overall responded positively, irrespective of whether they were referred from private or public dental clinics. Fig. 2 Answers from the 87 patients with knowledge about the causes of or risk factors for periodontal disease: The graph on the left shows that 60.9% of these patients expressed only one putative cause, while 39.1% cited two or more. The graph on the right shows that poor oral hygiene/ bacteria was the most mentioned cause of periodontal disease (40.6%), followed by smoking (22.9%). Stress, genetics/inheritance and systemic disease were seldom reported (4.5%, 17.5% and 14.5%, respectively). Fig. 3 The source of information among the 87 patients with knowledge about periodontal disease: The majority had obtained the information from dental professionals, but 30% of them had gained their knowledge from other sources. Volume 2 | Issue 2/201661