Rena C Moon
The Associations between Childhood Obesity, Academic Performance, and Perception of Teachers: From Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
Childhood obesity (Print)
evaluate impact oral health literacy ohl periodontal health among lowincomegroup workers dental institutes crosssectional study conducted 137 class iii iv workers dental college data collection done using customized pro forma including demographics reald30 calculating ohl items oral hygiene habits like toothpaste use brushing frequency oral hygiene aid following periodontal health status determined categorized severe moderate mild periodontitis health analysis done using spss 115 periodontal health status associated ohl scores oral hygiene habits demographics using chisquare test statistical significance level set 5 level among 137 subjects 25 participants reported healthmild periodontitis 53 moderate periodontitis 59 severe periodontitis low ohl observed 525 138 high ohl participants low ohl 5694 n 41 severe disease subjects better ohl 2105 n 4 found severe disease people low socioeconomic classes reached effectively community involvement concept used workers dental institutions first efforts made improve ohl workers improving ohl great help clinicians community health workers helps make patient adherent treatment medications prescribed periodontitis affects people low socioeconomic status present study class iii iv workers improving ohl population decrease oral disease burden india