Oral Hygiene Awareness on Patients Attending Dental OPD in A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences

Abstract

Background- Oral hygiene is highly personalised concept and major public health concern that relies on an individual's culture and socio-economic status. Hence, it is imperative that health services should be made available to all rural/semi urban areas as well. Thus it is important to create awareness through various public health programs regarding oral hygiene and its effects on general health in order to change the total perspective of the patients towards dental problems to lead a healthy quality life. Objective- Thus the aim of this study is to assess the oral hygiene awareness and their knowledge on different oral hygiene practices. Materials and Methods- A total of 369 patients participated in the study.. The patients were interviewed on questionnaire basis. A self-reported questionnaire consisting of 26 multiple choice questions written in English were given to the patients. Statistical analysis- Descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage was used to assess the oral health awareness and oral hygiene practice among the subjects who are attending A.B Shetty Memorial Institute Of Dental Sciences, Derlakatte, Mangalore. Results- The result of this study showed an acute lack of oral hygiene awareness and limited knowledge of oral hygiene practices. Most of the patients were not aware of the relationship between systemic and general health. Conclusion- Hence there is an urgent need to educate and motivate the patients for better oral hygiene awareness and practises and conduct various health programs for the same.

Surgical Operculectomy Procedure in the Treatment of Pericoronitis (Case Reports)

“…However, the pain response is more on the surgical operculectomy than electrosurgery and laser. 6,10 According to Eisenmann et al (1970), there were no differences in the wound healing process at the cellular level under an electron microscope between the scalpel technique and electrosurgery. 12 The wound healing one month after operculectomy in these two cases showed a good result.…”

“…There are various methods to do operculectomy, such as surgical operculectomy, electrosurgery, laser, or caustic agents. 3,5,6,10 On electrosurgery uses an electrode that can generate heat. It involves the intentional passage of high-frequency waveforms or currents through the body's tissues to achieve a controllable surgical effect.…”

“…Patients with a pacemaker and having poor wound healing, diabetes or bleeding dyscrasias, and a patient who has undergone irradiation were contraindicated for electrosurgery. 6,10 Operculectomy also can be done using a diode laser. The most common laser types are diode laser, Er:YAG, CO 2 laser, and Nd:YAG.…”

“…In the use of a laser, there is a reduction in the acute inflammatory response compared to the use of a scalpel, causing the disintegration of cells in the wound tissue without releasing chemical mediators. 10,11 Local or caustic agents can be used to cauterize the operculum and control pain. The agents are trichloroacetic acid, ammonia solution, chromic acid, and phenol liquefactum.…”

“…3 Surgical operculectomy using the scalpel technique is the gold standard and a traditional technique. 10 In this case reports, operculectomy was performed using blade No. 15, and it was inexpensive and easy to perform.…”