Assessment of oral health status of Santal (Tribal) children of West Bengal

Mandal, Sandip; Ghosh, Chandra Kanta; Sarkar, Subrata; Pal, Jayita; Kar, Sudipta; Bazmi, Badruddin Ahmed

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“…The present study evidently showed that a majority (74.2%) of Santhali tribals routinely used twigs of sakhua trees ( Shorearobusta ) to clean their mouth. The results of the present study are in agreement with the studies conducted by Mandal et al .,[ 7 ] Vaish et al .,[ 11 ] Bhowate et al .,[ 12 ] Varenne et al .,[ 13 ] Abdul-Kadir Yassin,[ 14 ] Vaish,[ 15 ] and John et al . [ 16 ]…”

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“…Numerous studies have been conducted across the world on the tribal populace, and in reference to oral health, to name a few, the Paniya tribes of Wayanad[ 5 ] and Kalpetta,[ 6 ] Kerala, the Santal tribals of West Bengal,[ 7 ] the tribals of the Eastern Ghats,[ 8 ] the Orao tribals in Rangpur District, Bangladesh,[ 9 ] and the Xukuru ethnic group of Pesqueira, Brazil. [ 10 ] The Santhals are predominant in Jharkhand State in Santhal Paragana, Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Giridih, and Ranchi Districts.…”

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Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of Santhal tribes of Dhanbad District, Jharkhand

Kumar

Tripathi

Dileep

et al. 2016

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Aims and Objectives:India has an assortment of tribal population living in isolated pockets, and the Santhals are numerically predominant in Jharkhand. This study was aimed at assessing the oral health status and treatment needs of Santhals residing in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional survey of 921 Santhals of Topchanchi Block was conducted. A modified World Health Organization (WHO) Oral Health Assessment Form (1997) was utilized and examined according to the WHO methodology (1997). The recorded data was statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 15.Results:Based on the occupation, it was seen that 620 (67.3%) participants practiced agriculture and 206 (22.4%) worked as laborers. The mean decayed missing filled tooth (score was 3.56 ± 1.93 in 2–5-year-old participants. In the higher age groups of 35–44 and 65–74 years, the scores were 5.21 ± 2.34 and 7.42 ± 4.29, respectively. Participants with bleeding gums were predominantly seen in the age group of 35–44 years (0.91 ± 0.08). Approximately 138 (54.1%) participants had a loss of attachment of 4–5 mm in the 35–44 year age group. In the 13–15-year-old age group, 0.14 ± 0.05 teeth needed two surfaces fillings. A total of 118 (12.8%) participants needed one-unit prosthesis in the upper jaw.Conclusion:This study showed that a majority of Santhal tribals used twigs to routinely clean their teeth. Poor oral hygiene and periodontal status was seen among the tribes.

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Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of Santhal tribes of Dhanbad District, Jharkhand

Kumar

Tripathi

Dileep

et al. 2016

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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“…Several researches were done among the tribal population in India and the studies showed that the oral health status and oral hygiene practices were very poor among the tribal population from different states of India. [ 19 24 25 26 27 ]…”

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Prevalence and dependency of tobacco use among tribal gypsies in Thoothukudi district - A cross sectional study

Chellappa

Leelavathi

Indiran

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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Introduction: The Narikuravars or “gypsy” are a semi vagrant groups distributed across borders, but primarily live in Tamil Nadu, India. They are notorious to face discrimination that interprets into low education level, low socio-economic status and lack of pertinent access to health care. The focus of the present study is to determine the prevalence and dependency with tobacco use among tribal gypsies in Thoothukudi district. Materials and Methods: The study design of the present study was a cross sectional which was done in Thoothukudi district in the month of December, 2019. Oral health status of the study population was analysed by WHO assessment form (adults), 2013. Tobacco dependence was analysed by Fagerstrom Nicotine dependency scale. The inclusion criteria were to include every gypsy person who is a citizen of Thoothukudi district and of all ages. The study included all the narikuravars (164) whose origin is Thoothukudi district. SPSS version 20.0 was used for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics and Chi square tests were done to establish the distribution and association of the variables, respectively. Results: The total study participants of this cross-sectional study were 164, among them 128 were adults and 36 were children. Results revealed that among the adult population 64.55% were using tobacco, among them 29.1% were using smoking tobacco, 63.4% were using smokeless tobacco and 7.5% were using both. Medium nicotine dependency was more prevalent in both smoking and smokeless tobacco users (82.75% and 53.57%). The association between prevalence of tobacco use and gingival bleeding was statistically significant. Gingival bleeding was present in 88.9% of tobacco users and 11% of non-users (p value- 0.01). Significant association was found between gender and tobacco usage (p value- 0.042), dental erosion and tobacco usage (p value- 0.007). There exists significant association established between gender and nicotine dependency. (p value - 0.000). Conclusion: More than 60% of the adult study participants were using some form of tobacco. Medium tobacco dependency was prevalent among tobacco users. The tribal people have no access to all the services as their counterparts and it's our duty to educate them and create an insight about the ill effects of tobacco usage.

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“…This is in accordance with a study conducted by Mandal et al . [ 5 ] where the highest prevalence of dental caries was seen during mixed dentition. The caries prevalence in this study increased with age, which is in accordance with a study conducted by Adhikari et al .…”

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Oral health status and treatment needs among 10126 school children in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Prasad

Radhakrishna

Kambalimath³

et al. 2016

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

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Objectives:Oral diseases are affecting a large percentage of children worldwide. This study with Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry collaboration was taken up with the aim to evaluate the oral health status and treatment needs in school-going children of the West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted among 10126 school children who were randomly selected from 32 schools in West Godavari district. To find the significance of the obtained number of cases for different age groups, Chi-square test of significance was used.Results:The prevalence of dental conditions are as follows: Dental caries 63.5%, periodontal diseases 13.6%, dental anomalies 3.6%, dental trauma 3.2%, and orthodontic treatment 25.1%. Among the different age groups, 11–14 years age group has the highest prevalence of oral health problems. Females were more affected with dental caries (P = 0.17), orthodontic treatment needs (P = 0.12), and dental anomalies (P = 0.86) compared to males which was statistically insignificant. The highest prevalence of dental conditions in the case of females was observed during the age of 11–14 years, and in males, the peak was seen in the 15–18 years age group.Conclusions:This study demonstrated that school-going children in West Godavari district suffer from a high prevalence of dental conditions and have higher treatment needs.

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Assessment of oral health status of Santal (Tribal) children of West Bengal

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Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of Santhal tribes of Dhanbad District, Jharkhand

Assessment of oral health status and treatment needs of Santhal tribes of Dhanbad District, Jharkhand

Prevalence and dependency of tobacco use among tribal gypsies in Thoothukudi district - A cross sectional study

Oral health status and treatment needs among 10126 school children in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India

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