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Year : 2012? |? Volume : 1? |? Issue : 2? |? Page : 74-78 |
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Impact of socioeconomic status on decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) among state government employees in Shimla City, Himachal Pradesh
Vinay Kumar Bhardwaj1, Koratagere Lingappa Veeresha2, Kapil Rajiv Sharma3
1?Department of Public Health Dentistry, H.P. Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
2?Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Haryana, India
3?Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, H.P. Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Vinay Kumar Bhardwaj
Department of Public Health Dentistry, H.P. Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
India
DOI: 10.4103/2278-9588.105674
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Objectives: To assess the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) among state government employees in Shimla city, Himachal Pradesh. Design: Cross-sectional study. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 1008 dentate subject 705 (69.9%) males and 303 (30.1%) females out of 10908 government employees. Data regarding dentition status and treatment needs was recorded on a W.H.O. format 1997. Type III examination was conducted under good illumination by the investigator himself. Student's t-test or ANOVA was applied for statistical evaluation of means and the comparisons of proportions. P value ? 0.5 and ? 0.01 was considered statistically significant and highly significant respectively. Results: Total teeth examined were 29575 out of which 14.84% were decayed. Overall mean DMFT was 3.29 (1.86). Females were reported significantly higher ( P < 0.05) DMFT 3.49 (2.31) than males 3.12 (1.42). Subjects who belong to upper SES had lesser mean DMFT than lower SES 2.31 (2.4) vs 4 (3.89), which was statistically highly significant ( P < 0.01). Employees who brush their teeth once a day presented with higher DMFT 4.01 (2.01) than those who brush once daily 2.57 (1.96). The difference was highly significant ( P < 0.01). Conclusions: A preventive and curative oral health policy for the government employees in Shimla city needs to be planned and implemented to maintain their commitment in their official work. Also they must be educated the importance of oral health and methods how to maintain it. |
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