Open AccessAssessment of Oral Health Status among Orphanage Children (Underprivileged Population): A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Ram Kumar Singh,
Raj Gourav Thakar,
Simple Kaur,
Daisy Naidu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international healthcare research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8090
DOI - 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01503
Subject(s) - medicine , oral health , oral hygiene , cross sectional study , descriptive statistics , chi square test , population , test (biology) , dentistry , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , biology
An orphan is a child under 18 year who has lost both parents or has been abandoned by them. Such children are deprived of the parental love and care and get little health care as well as their oral cavity is generally neglected. AIM: To assess the dental caries experience, oral hygiene status and periodontal status among the orphanage children in Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross sectional study among 485 orphan children of various institutes ranged from 12 to 16 years where WHO oral health assessment form 2013 was used and chi- square test and descriptive statistics test were used for statistical analysis by using SPSS 22.0 software. RESULTS: It was seen that 73.4% were having dental caries and the mean DI-S scores, CI-S scores and OHI-S scores were 1.41 ±0.47, 1.07 ±0.47 and 2.48 ±0.92 respectively. The prevalence and severity of gingival bleeding was found to be more i.e.64.7% among them. CONCLUSION: Majority of orphan children were suffering from oral problems. Oral health fraternity should actively involve with other parts of the community in order to maintain oral care of this group.