Saudi Journal of Oral and Dental Research (SJODR)
Volume-4 | Issue-03 | 126-130
Original Research Article
Evaluation of Oral Health Status among 29 Rural Schools of a Region in Central India
Dr. Muqthadir Siddiqui Mohammad Abdul, Dr. Heena Tiwari, Dr. B. Harshitha, Dr. Pranoti Hiralkar, Dr. Kaushal Charan Pahari, Dr. Siva Sai Kumar Gandham
Published : March 30, 2019
Abstract
Background: It is a known universal fact that oral health is general health. The awareness among the population should
be given form the stages of development and so school going children are the best to evaluate oral health status. This will
help us to understand the socioeconomic and health status by which we can cure and also give preventive measures to
them and their family. Material & Methods: The study was carried out to assess oral health status of the students of 29
Rural School in Central India. The epidemiological study was conducted between Jan 2015 to Nov 2016.
Epidemiological assessment was conducted on 1106 children of age group 5-15 years to evaluate the decay missed filled
index, oral hygiene index and fluorosis index. Results: 1035 (93.86 %) of the study participants were caries free
(dmft/DMFT= 0) and 71 (6.14%) had caries (dmft/DMFT>0). The mean def (t) among boys (3.26+3.115) was high as
compared to girls (2.41+2.697). The mean DMF (T) score of girls (0.95+1.697) was higher as compared to boys
(0.79+1.352). Percentage of school children with good oral hygiene was higher among the 9-10 years school children
(84.5%) compared to 14-15 years school children. Among the participants, out of 1106, in 89 children (8.1%) fluorosis
was present and 1017 children (91.9%) fluorosis was absent. Conclusion: Our study suggested that the prevalence of
dental caries was more in private school students, but the resultant was statistically insignificant. The mean DMFT score
of 9-10 years school children was the lowest whereas the DMFT score of 14-15 years was the highest and was
statistically significant. Oral hygiene among government school students and private school students were comparable
and statistically insignificant. Percentage of school children, who had dental fluorosis, was high among government
school as compared to private school.