Open AccessAssociation of sense of coherence with oral health behaviors and gingival bleeding among adolescents
Author(s) -
Ruchi Nagpal,
Anil Gupta,
CM Marya,
Imran Mushtaq,
Shobha Tandon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/jisp.jisp_165_20
Subject(s) - medicine , gingivitis , psychosocial , confidence interval , bleeding on probing , relative risk , cluster sampling , poisson regression , dentistry , periodontitis , cross sectional study , oral health , environmental health , psychiatry , population , pathology
Adolescents experience many types of gingival and periodontal diseases, including gingivitis, localized or generalized aggressive periodontitis, and periodontal complications of various systemic diseases. The occurrence of periodontal diseases is not only related to biotic factors but may also be affected by nonbiotic factors such as oral health behaviors and practices. Various factors that influence an individual's health-related behaviors include a psychosocial construct named sense of coherence (SOC).