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Background: Oral health is essential to quality of life as it ensures social and physical well-being and it acts as the mirror which reflects general health. Oral diseases are topping the list of some common diseases in the world. Poor oral hygiene is a known important predisposing factor of some oral diseases like cancrum oris, periodontitis, acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis etc. Research question: What is the oral health status among adolescents age group? Aim & objectives: To find out factors affecting oral health status among adolescents. Study design: Cross-sectional study in urban slum areas, house to house survey was carried out to study epidemiological profile of oral health among adolescents. Oral cavity examination of study population was done with the help of torch or natural light. Setting: Field practice area of urban health training centre, Shivaji Nagar, Nanded. Participants: - 718 Study subjects from urban health centre field practice area. Results: - Prevalence of dental caries was found 33% among adolescents and 27% adolescents were having more than one oral morbidity. The other dental conditions like plaque, tartar, oral ulcer, candidacies, bleeding gums, injuries, calculus and fibrosis were also seen among adolescents. Statistically significant difference was noted with dental caries and type of cleaning aids (χ 2 = 18.39 d.f.=2 p<0.001), cleaning material aids and prevalence of dental caries (χ 2 = 30.69 d.f.= 4 p<0.01), Frequency of tooth cleaning and dental caries (χ 2 = 6.07 d.f. = 1 p<0.05), Rinsing of mouth after meals and prevalence of dental caries (χ 2 = 9.06 d.f.= 2 p<0.05) Conclusion: Oral health (diseases) strongly related with frequency of mouth washing, type of cleaning aids, rinsing of mouth. There is need for accessible and affordable oral health services. Awareness among adolescents about oral health should be encouraged.

Study of oral health among adolescents in the field practice area of Urban health training centre, Nanded, India