Comparison of oral hygiene status of young adult population of age group 20-25 years in the urban and rural areas
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Periodontology and Implantology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Oral hygiene status is very important it shows persons attitude towards the oral hygiene and also oral cavity is first entry for food and its digestion The presence of food debris and calculus on tooth surface reflects the oral hygiene status of the personObjectives of the Study To observe the oral hygiene status of young adult of age group of 2025 years in the rural and urban area of PatnaMaterials and Methods Cross sectional descriptive study of rural and urban population of 2025 years of ageResults The inter group variation in OHIS is very small and not significant in the urban populations The inference of oral hygiene status of rural population is showing that comes under poor oral hygiene status while the OHIS of urban area comes under fair oral hygiene status but it is on higher side of itKeywords Oral hygiene OHI Urban Rural
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Randhir Kumar, Geeta Sharma
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