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

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the oral health status and treatment needs of inmates of, District Jail Mathura. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was carried out on the inmates (N=870) in the district jail of Mathura. 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, 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.…”

“…[4] Prisoners are psychologically, socially, morally and economically affected group, which makes them to neglect their oral health. [5][6][7] Plan of providing dental health services in prison, stood as a challenging part as the dental instruments used while screening and treatment are sharp in nature, which makes difficult task for jail authorities to provide safety of dentist against prisoners. [8][9][10] Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is as an individual's assessment of how the functional factors, psychological factors, social factors, and experience of pain/discomfort in relation to orofacial concerns affects his or her well-being.…”

“…[2] Few studies carried out in other parts of the world, in a prison setup, have observed that the oral hygiene status of the prisoners is poor compared to the general population and there is a higher prevalence of dental caries and periodontal diseases. [8,[11][12][13] There are few studies done in India with regard to the oral health related quality of life, dental caries and periodontal health status among the prisoners, and hence, the information regarding the dental and periodontal status of prisoners is scant. As the information is sparse, the present study was conducted to evaluate the dental caries status, periodontal status, and the OHRQoL in the prison inmate population of Central prison of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.…”

The Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among Prisoners in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Most of the studies depicted that majority of the prisoners have poor oral health, for instance, one of the studies conducted in the District Jail of Mathura reported that 79% of the prisoners had a poor periodontal condition and dental caries, followed by 59.8% inmates had pro-mucosal lesions. However, this study also reported that all the inmates demonstrated signs of dental fluorosis; 58.6% had mild, 27.8% had moderate, and 4.3% had severe fluorosis [ 15 ]. On the contrary, another study conducted in the Central Jail of Gulbarga city reported that only 7.33% of inmates had dental caries among all the prisoners [ 1 ].…”

“… Forest plot of pooled magnitude of NCDs among prisoners of India [ 1 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. …”