AimTo assess the oral health practices and the prevalence of dental caries, and periodontal disease among transgenders.Methods and ResultsThe study was conducted on a sample of 180 participants from the transgender community in Belagavi district over a course of two months. A trained and calibrated examiners recorded oral health status according to WHO dentition status and treatment needs (1997) and Community Periodontal Index (CPI) under the supervision of the subject expert. Chi‐square test, spearman's rank correlation coefficient test, multiple linear regression and logistic regression were applied. The statistical significance was set at p ≤ .05 for all the tests. The prevalence of dental caries and periodontal disease among transgenders was 72.2% and 92.2%, respectively. A positive linear correlation and a significant relationship was found between the oral hygiene practices/deleterious habits and dental caries among the transgenders. Multiple linear regression model revealed that the prevalence of dental caries and periodontal disease was significantly associated with age and oral hygiene practices.ConclusionThe prevalence of dental caries and periodontal diseases among transgenders was high. These results may be of use to promote oral health promotion and establishing a paradigm for dentists to work toward improving oral health.
Background: Appraisal of distribution of malocclusion in childhood can facilitate efforts to prevent such a disorder and its consequences. This study was undertaken to assess the need for orthodontic treatment among 12–15-year-old school children of Belgaum city. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 250 students randomly selected were examined. The examinations were carried out using the dental health (DHC) and aesthetic components (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) to measure the need for orthodontic treatment. Results: Study showed that among 250 children examined 134 (53.6%) males and 116 (46.4%) female’s participants in the study. Orthodontic treatment need was discovered to be greater among males than females. Frequency of grade 5 treatment need was 11.9% and 7.8% among males and females respectively. Age wise distribution showed highest orthodontic treatment need among 12 years old children, however, maximum subjects (38.2%) had slight need. In spite of high frequency of definite need (22.2%) among 15 years old children, the overall need for treatment was lowest. Illustrated Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) results (%) considering the Aesthetic Component (AC) and Dental Health Component (DHC) together. There were 24.8% subjects with definite need of treatment.
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