Oral health status and treatment requirments of confectionery workers in Bangalore city. A comparative study.

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dc.contributor.authorRekha, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorHiremath, S Sen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T07:41:51Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T07:41:51Z
dc.date.issued2002-07-27en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study was undertaken to assess the oral health status and treatment requirement of cofectionery workers and also to assess the influence of confectionery environment ion their oral health. A total of 502 confectioners were examined and studied under 4 groups, Biscuits gp[107], chocolate gp[160], sweets gp[144] and Bakery gp[91]. Age and sex matched 294 wheat flour workers served as controls. 60.36% of confectioners exhibited caries experience with significantly higher DMFT compared to controls. Among confectioners sweets and chocolate groups had higher caries experience. Increase in caries experience with increase in duration of employment among confectioners were observed. Also confectioners consuming confectionery products more than 6 times/day had significantly higher caries experience than those consuming 0 to 3 and 4 to 6 times/day. Periodontal diseases was significantly higher among confectioners than controls more so in sweets and biscuit groups. Further extensive unmet treatment needs like oral prophylaxis, periodontal therapy, extractions, prosthetic rehabilitations were observed among confectioners.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Dayanand Sagar College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRekha R, Hiremath SS. Oral health status and treatment requirments of confectionery workers in Bangalore city. A comparative study. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 2002 Jul-Dec; 13(3-4): 161-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/51535
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijdr.inen_US
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshCohort Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshDMF Indexen_US
dc.subject.meshDental Caries --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshDental Health Surveysen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshFood Habitsen_US
dc.subject.meshFood Handlingen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMatched-Pair Analysisen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshOccupational Diseases --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshOral Healthen_US
dc.subject.meshPeriodontal Diseases --epidemiologyen_US
dc.titleOral health status and treatment requirments of confectionery workers in Bangalore city. A comparative study.en_US
dc.typeComparative Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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