scholarly journals Assessment of oral health status and dental treatment needs among 12- and 15-year-old school-going children of fisherman community residing at east coast road, Chennai: A cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Bharathwaj Venkatanarasu ◽  
Raj Mohan ◽  
BoinapelliVengal Rao ◽  
Karteek Eswara ◽  
Satyam Martha ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Gunjan Kumar ◽  
Shilpa Rai ◽  
AlokKumar Sethi ◽  
AkhileshKumar Singh ◽  
RanjanMani Tripathi ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Gupta ◽  
K Dhanker ◽  
NA Ingle ◽  
N Kaur

ABSTRACT Objectives To assess the oral health status and treatment needs of inmates of, District Jail Mathura. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional study was carried out on the inmates (N=870) in the district jail of Mathura. Proforma related to general demographic information was filled by the examiner and the subjects were clinically examined using WHO 1997 “Oral Health Assessment Form RESULTS This study revealed that 92.5% of the inmates were male. 53.8% never visited the dentist & 87% never received any type of dental care during imprisonment. Prevalence of pro-mucosal lesion was 59.8%. Inmates had poor periodontal conditions and 79% inmates had dental caries with mean DMFT of 4.79. CONCLUSION Periodontal disease, mucosal lesions and dental caries are major public health problem among the inmates, which require special attention and efforts from government and other organizations to meet their treatment needs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Anup N ◽  
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Dr. Gautam Biswas ◽  
Dr. Preeti Vishnani ◽  
Dr. Swasti Tambi ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. e752-e759
Author(s):  
Diptajit Das ◽  
Vinay Suresan ◽  
Avinash Jnaneswar ◽  
Charu Khurana ◽  
Upendra S. Bhadauria ◽  
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