A comparative study on the periodontal health status of adult populations of Kenya and India.

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dc.contributor.authorKaimenyi, J Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorGururaja Rao, T Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T07:37:56Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T07:37:56Z
dc.date.issued1991-07-01en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to compare the oral hygiene and periodontal health status of 497 randomly selected Kenyan and Indian adult populations aged between 20 and 35 years. Oral hygiene and periodontal health status were assessed using Silness and Loe plaque Index and Russel's Periodontal Index respectively. Results revealed that the overall mean plaque and periodontal index scores of Kenyan participants were significantly lower than those of Indians. Increase of mean Periodontal index with age was found to be significant among Kenyan participants and insignificant among Indian participants Kenyan female participants were found to have significant lower mean plaque and periodontal index scores than males. However, the mean periodontal index score of Indian male participants was found to be lower than that of female participants. It is concluded that Kenyan participants had better periodontal and oral hygiene status than Indian participants and that Indian females unlike Kenyan females had poorer periodontal health status than male.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDental School, College of Health Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKaimenyi JT, Gururaja Rao TR. A comparative study on the periodontal health status of adult populations of Kenya and India. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 1991 Jul-Dec; 2(3-4): 29-34en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/51437
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijdr.inen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshDental Plaque Indexen_US
dc.subject.meshDeveloping Countriesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshKenya --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshOral Hygiene Indexen_US
dc.subject.meshPeriodontal Diseases --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPeriodontal Indexen_US
dc.titleA comparative study on the periodontal health status of adult populations of Kenya and India.en_US
dc.typeComparative Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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