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Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Oral health of drug abusers has received less attention. Drug users may also have special needs in relation to receiving dental care. Evaluation of the oral health status of drug abusers is important as in India, where the disease burden is enormous, and availability of curative treatm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191544/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34188400 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njms.NJMS_152_20 |
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author | Kumar, Gunjan Rai, Shilpa Sethi, Alok Kumar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Tripathi, Ranjan Mani Jnaneswar, Avinash |
author_facet | Kumar, Gunjan Rai, Shilpa Sethi, Alok Kumar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Tripathi, Ranjan Mani Jnaneswar, Avinash |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Oral health of drug abusers has received less attention. Drug users may also have special needs in relation to receiving dental care. Evaluation of the oral health status of drug abusers is important as in India, where the disease burden is enormous, and availability of curative treatment is quite inadequate, preventive approach shall prove to be better than curative treatment. AIM: To determine the oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers residing in rehabilitation centers in Bhubaneswar. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the drug de-addiction cum rehabilitation centers in Bhubaneswar city, Odisha. A self-administered questionnaire was used to record oral health practices of the inmates and the type of drugs used by them in the past. Oral health was recorded using modified WHO 2013 pro forma. Mann–Whitney U-test and Kruskal–Wallis test were applied to find any significant differences between different variables in groups. RESULTS: All the participants were male and alcohol was the most commonly used drug, followed by tobacco and ganja. The horizontal brushing technique was the most widely used technique. Mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) score was recorded to be 1.48. Leukoplakia, acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, candidiasis, and ulceration were among the few oral lesions found in the inmates. Around 67.66% of inmates exhibited erosion of the enamel surface, while 6.59% had signs of enamel fracture. Statistically, significant difference was found for the types of drugs used and DMFT score and type of drug used and dental erosion. CONCLUSION: Oral health status of drug users is poor and needs immediate attention. Oral health education needs to be imparted among them. The government needs to enforce the establishment of dental clinics in these centers so that the oral health of these people can be taken care of. |
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spelling | pubmed-81915442021-06-28 Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study Kumar, Gunjan Rai, Shilpa Sethi, Alok Kumar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Tripathi, Ranjan Mani Jnaneswar, Avinash Natl J Maxillofac Surg Original Article INTRODUCTION: Oral health of drug abusers has received less attention. Drug users may also have special needs in relation to receiving dental care. Evaluation of the oral health status of drug abusers is important as in India, where the disease burden is enormous, and availability of curative treatment is quite inadequate, preventive approach shall prove to be better than curative treatment. AIM: To determine the oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers residing in rehabilitation centers in Bhubaneswar. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the drug de-addiction cum rehabilitation centers in Bhubaneswar city, Odisha. A self-administered questionnaire was used to record oral health practices of the inmates and the type of drugs used by them in the past. Oral health was recorded using modified WHO 2013 pro forma. Mann–Whitney U-test and Kruskal–Wallis test were applied to find any significant differences between different variables in groups. RESULTS: All the participants were male and alcohol was the most commonly used drug, followed by tobacco and ganja. The horizontal brushing technique was the most widely used technique. Mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) score was recorded to be 1.48. Leukoplakia, acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, candidiasis, and ulceration were among the few oral lesions found in the inmates. Around 67.66% of inmates exhibited erosion of the enamel surface, while 6.59% had signs of enamel fracture. Statistically, significant difference was found for the types of drugs used and DMFT score and type of drug used and dental erosion. CONCLUSION: Oral health status of drug users is poor and needs immediate attention. Oral health education needs to be imparted among them. The government needs to enforce the establishment of dental clinics in these centers so that the oral health of these people can be taken care of. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8191544/ /pubmed/34188400 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njms.NJMS_152_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kumar, Gunjan Rai, Shilpa Sethi, Alok Kumar Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Tripathi, Ranjan Mani Jnaneswar, Avinash Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study |
title | Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in Bhubaneswar city: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of drug abusers in bhubaneswar city: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191544/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34188400 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njms.NJMS_152_20 |
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