Oral Health Status and Treatment Needs Of Inmates in District Jail of Jaipur City – A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the oral health status and treatment needs of inmates of, District Jail Jaipur. Materials And Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out on the inmates (N=870) in the district jail of Jaipur. Proforma related to general demographic information was filled by the examiner and the subjects were clinically examined using WHO 1997 "Oral Health Assessment form. Results: This study revealed that 92.5% of the inmates were male. 53.8% never visited the dentist & 87% never received any type of dental care during imprisonment. Prevalence of pro-mucosal lesion was 59.8%. Inmates had poor periodontal conditions and 79% inmates had dental caries with mean DMFT of 4.79. Conclusion: Periodontal disease, mucosal lesions and dental caries are major public health problem among the inmates, which require special attention and efforts from government and other organizations to meet their treatment needs.

Oral Health Status and Oral Health Related Quality of Life Among Prisoners in Central Prison of Nellore District - A Cross Sectional Study

“…In the present study, 27.8% of prisoners had LOA which was similar with the findings of Manjunath Dayakar et al [4] and which was found lesser when compared with the studies conducted by Narayana Roa et al, [1] Anup N et al, [17] Dhanker et al [6] and Shailendra et al [25] The mean OHIP-14 score of the present study was 9.15 which were found lesser when compared to 14.97 by Shailee Fotedar et al [2] and 15.61 by Ruth Freeman et al [26] and was found high when compared to general population which was 8.8 by Jain M et al [27] and 7.5 by Acharya S et al [28] . The variation in occurrence of negative impacts was due to availability of both preventive and curative treatments for general population, while among prisoners the treatments are only relief oriented.…”

“…This high mean of DMFT indicates unmet needs of dental treatments and lack of awareness on oral health among prisoners as they should depend on jail authorities for their needs. Periodontal assessment performed using CPI among prisoners revealed that the deep pocket (6 mm or more) was observed among 21.7% which was similar with the findings of Vittal Das et al, [5] Anup N et al, [17] Dhanker et al, [6] Neha Agarwal et al [21] . The current findings were high when compared to study conducted by Narayana Roa et al, [1] Nobile Carmelo et al, [12] Colman et al [24] .…”

“…In the present study, the prevalence of dental caries was 53.1% which was higher than 44.5% according to National Oral Health Survey and Fluoride Mapping for general population. [15] The similar findings were reported by Sharma A et al [16] But the prevalence of current study was much lesser as compared to 64.9% which was reported by Rinki Hans et al, [9] 66% reported by Muni kumar et al, [10] 67.6% reported by Vittal Das Shetty et al, [5] 71.8% reported by Shailee Fotedar et al, [2] 78.7% reported by Dhankar K and Ingle et al [6] & Anup N et al, [17] 92.5% by Veera Reddy et al [18] and 98% reported by Nobile Carmelo et al [12] The high prevalence of dental caries might be due to increased number of untreated dental caries in prisoners when compared to the general population.…”

“…The mean DMFT of present study was 2.6, which was similar to a study done by Uma SR et al 7[7] where it was 2.8. The mean DMFT was marked lower in present study when compared to 3.26 by Renuka G et al, [19] 3.4 by Muni kumar et al, [10] 4.47 by Shailee Fotedar et al, [2] 4.79 by Dhankar K and Ingle et al [6] & Anup N et al, [17] 5.26 by Veera Reddy et al, [18] 5.2 by Vishwanath et at, [20] 5.3 by Neha Agarwal et al, [21] 5.40 by Acharya Balkrishna et al, [22] 9.8 by Nobile Carmelo et al , [12] 16.8 by Raija Vainionpaa et al [23] and 19.72 by Alessandro Leite et al [11] . This high mean of DMFT indicates unmet needs of dental treatments and lack of awareness on oral health among prisoners as they should depend on jail authorities for their needs.…”

Effectiveness of oral health education on oral hygiene status among adult male inmates in central jail, Kolkata – an interventional study

“…Relating to the oral hygiene practices, only 46.3% of the inmates, in the present study, reported of using tooth brush and tooth paste to clean their teeth at the baseline and majority 53.7% used finger and powder. This was higher but in accordance to Dhanker et al , 2013; Anup et al , 2014; and Singh et al , 2014, which could be because of lower level of knowledge and also as the prison authorities do not provide oral cleaning materials to the inmates; therefore, a large proportion of the inmates used finger and showed that they are least concerned about their oral health (Vinnakota et al , 2016). This was in contrast with the studies by Nobile et al , 2007, and Tiwari et al , 2014, where 96% and 94.8% of the inmates, respectively, reported of using tooth brush and tooth paste for cleaning their teeth.…”