Supriya Singh|Purushottam Singh|Rohit Singh|Soni Kumari|Sumita Kumari|Jitendra Singh
Impact of Oral Health Literacy on Periodontal Health among Low-income-group Workers of Dental Institutes in Patna, Bihar, India
Patna Medical College and Hospital|Patna Medical College and Hospital|Patna Medical College and Hospital|Patna Medical College and Hospital|Patna Medical College and Hospital
aim evaluate impact oral health literacy ohl periodontal health among lowincomegroup workers dental institutesmaterials methods crosssectional study conducted 137 class iii iv workers dental collegedata collection done using customized pro forma including demographics reald30 calculating ohl items oral hygiene habits like toothpaste use brushing frequency oral hygiene aidfollowing periodontal health status determined categorized severe moderate mild periodontitis healththe analysis done using spss 115periodontal health status associated ohl scores oral hygiene habits demographics using chisquare testthe statistical significance level set 5 levelresults among 137 subjects 25 participants reported healthmild periodontitis 53 moderate periodontitis 59 severe periodontitislow ohl observed 525 138 high ohlthe participants low ohl 5694 n 41 severe disease subjects better ohl 2105 n 4 found severe disease conclusionthe people low socioeconomic classes reached effectively community involvement concept used workers dental institutionsbut first efforts made improve ohl workersclinical significance improving ohl great help clinicians community health workers helps make patient adherent treatment medications prescribed themperiodontitis affects people low socioeconomic status present study class iii iv workersimproving ohl population decrease oral disease burden india