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- Title
Oral health status and treatment needs of hearing impaired children attending a special school in Bhimavaram, India.
- Authors
Sandeep, V.; Kumar, Manikya; Vinay, C.; Chandrasekhar, R.; Jyostna, P.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Children with hearing impairment (CHI) have special accessibility issues to meet their health care needs. Their oral health status is deprived and has wide ranging treatment needs to attend.<bold>Aim: </bold>The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral health status and treatment needs of CHI attending a special school in Bhimavaram Town, India.<bold>Study Design: </bold>The study design was a descriptive cross-sectional study.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>This study was conducted in November 2012 at SVS special school for deaf, Bhimavaram, India. This study involved 180 CHI of both genders, aged 6-16 years, divided into Group-I (6-8 years), Group-II (9-12 years), and Group-III (13-16 years). Oral health status and treatment needs were recorded using methods and standards recommended by the WHO for Oral Health Surveys, 1997. Dental caries prevalence (decayed, missing, and filled teeth [DMFT/dmft]), gingivitis levels (Lφe, Silness Gingival Index), plaque levels (Silness, Lφe Plaque index), and treatment needs were the parameters recorded and analyzed.<bold>Statistical Analysis: </bold>Z-test for proportion, one-way analysis of variance, and Chi-square test were used to analyze the data.<bold>Results: </bold>Prevalence of dental caries in the sample was found to be 65% with a mean level of caries prevalence (DMFT) of 1.6 ± 1.3 in Group-I, 1.9 ± 1.2 in Group-II, and 2.2 ± 1.2 in Group-III. About 91.7% of the total children examined needs treatment. The mean plaque and gingivitis scores of the sample were 1.70 ± 0.61 and 1.59 ± 0.58, respectively.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>These findings imply the overwhelming situation of CHI in oral health perspective. Hence, prevention-based educational and motivational programs should be targeted to this vital group to achieve adequate oral hygiene levels.
- Subjects
INDIA; GINGIVITIS; CHI-squared test; MEDICAL care; HEARING impaired children; DENTAL caries; DENTAL plaque; HEALTH status indicators; ORAL hygiene; NEEDS assessment; DISEASE prevalence; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0970-9290
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.4103/0970-9290.179835