Usha Ram, Banadakoppa Manjappa Ramesh, Andrea Katryn Blanchard, Kerry Scott, Prakash Kumar, Ritu Agrawal, Reynold Washington, Himanshu Bhushan
A tale of two exemplars: the maternal and newborn mortality transitions of two state clusters in India
BMJ global health
aim objectives assess oral hygiene status salivary microbiological parameters among 12 15yearold visually impaired normalsighted children oral health education ohe methodology interventional study conducted among 25 visually impaired children group 25 normalsighted children group b age range 12 15 years simple random sampling used select study participants questionnaire designed record sociodemographic data dietary habits children predecided days oral hygiene practices decayed missing filled teeth dmft index recorded salivary physicochemical parameters selected children evaluated followed saliva collection microbial analysis baseline assessment audiotactile performance technique group animated visual performance technique group b children used impart ohe periodic assessments salivary parameters conducted onemonth threemonth intervals unpaired testmannwhitney u test repeated measures analysis variance anovafriedman test followed bonferronis post hoc test carried determine difference within groups respectively statistical tests performed significance level 5 results group demonstrated greater change salivary ph 620 041 696 020 salivary buffering capacity 580 082 720 065 streptococcus mutans count 936 041 87 045 x 104 cfuml compared group b group b demonstrated greater lactobacillus acidophilus count reduction 796 066 750 064 x 104 cfuml compared group conclusion appropriate use specialized ohe holds particular significance improvement oral hygiene status salivary parameters along reduction bacterial count visually impaired children normalsighted children