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Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

BACKGROUND: The assessment of oral health status of children in government and private schools provide data on the oral health status of children from different socio-economic background. AIM: The aim of the following study is to assess and to compare the oral hygiene status, gingival status and car...

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Autores principales: Sukhabogi, JR, Shekar, CBR, Hameed, IA, Ramana, IV, Sandhu, G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25364601
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.141971
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author Sukhabogi, JR
Shekar, CBR
Hameed, IA
Ramana, IV
Sandhu, G
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Sandhu, G
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description BACKGROUND: The assessment of oral health status of children in government and private schools provide data on the oral health status of children from different socio-economic background. AIM: The aim of the following study is to assess and to compare the oral hygiene status, gingival status and caries experience between children from government and private schools in Andhra Pradesh, India. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A combination of cluster and stratified random sampling was employed to select the study participants. Oral hygiene status, gingival status and caries experience was assessed and compared among 12- and 15-year-old children from three government and private schools each. The examination was carried out by three trained and calibrated investigators using a mouth mirror and explorer under natural daylight. RESULTS: A total of 604 children (331 government and 273 private) were examined in the study. The mean oral hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S) was higher among government school children (2.9 [1.1]) compared private school children (0.6 [0.4]). The mean gingival score and mean decayed missing filled teeth were also higher among government school children compared with private school children. A significantly higher number of children in the government schools had poor oral hygiene status, moderate to severe gingivitis and caries experience. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of oral diseases was relatively less among children from private schools in comparison with those from government schools. Hence, the children from government schools should be given the priority compared with private school children in any school dental health programs planned on a statewide basis.
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spelling pubmed-42123892014-10-31 Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Sukhabogi, JR Shekar, CBR Hameed, IA Ramana, IV Sandhu, G Ann Med Health Sci Res Original Article BACKGROUND: The assessment of oral health status of children in government and private schools provide data on the oral health status of children from different socio-economic background. AIM: The aim of the following study is to assess and to compare the oral hygiene status, gingival status and caries experience between children from government and private schools in Andhra Pradesh, India. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A combination of cluster and stratified random sampling was employed to select the study participants. Oral hygiene status, gingival status and caries experience was assessed and compared among 12- and 15-year-old children from three government and private schools each. The examination was carried out by three trained and calibrated investigators using a mouth mirror and explorer under natural daylight. RESULTS: A total of 604 children (331 government and 273 private) were examined in the study. The mean oral hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S) was higher among government school children (2.9 [1.1]) compared private school children (0.6 [0.4]). The mean gingival score and mean decayed missing filled teeth were also higher among government school children compared with private school children. A significantly higher number of children in the government schools had poor oral hygiene status, moderate to severe gingivitis and caries experience. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of oral diseases was relatively less among children from private schools in comparison with those from government schools. Hence, the children from government schools should be given the priority compared with private school children in any school dental health programs planned on a statewide basis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4212389/ /pubmed/25364601 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.141971 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sukhabogi, JR
Shekar, CBR
Hameed, IA
Ramana, IV
Sandhu, G
Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
title Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
title_full Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
title_fullStr Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
title_full_unstemmed Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
title_short Oral Health Status among 12- and 15-Year-Old Children from Government and Private Schools in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
title_sort oral health status among 12- and 15-year-old children from government and private schools in hyderabad, andhra pradesh, india
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25364601
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.141971
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