TY - JOUR
A1 - Dileep, C
A1 - Basavaraj, P
A1 - Jayaprakash, K
A1 - Gupta, Bhuvan
T1 - Dental Caries Experience and Oral Hygiene status of Biscuit Factory Workers in Kanpur City
Y1 - 2007/1/1
JF - Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
JO - J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent
SP - 54
EP - 59
VL - 5
IS - 9
UR - https://journals.lww.com/aphd/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2007;volume=5;issue=9;spage=54;epage=59;aulast=Dileep
N2 - Industrial workers constitute a well defined population. Due to their poor life style and neglect of oral hygiene, oral diseases seem to be more common among them.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess dental caries experience and oral hygiene status of various biscuit factory production line workers in Kanpur city.
Material & Methods: The study was conducted on a randomly selected sample of 338 production line workers of various biscuit factories in Kanpur city. The DMFT & OHI-S scores were recorded on a specially designed proforma. The data collected was subjected to statistical analysis.
Conclusion: The direct exposure to sugar dust for longer duration of time and neglect in oral hygiene was the major factor in higher DMFT, OHI-S scores in production line workers of biscuit factories. Thus efforts should be directed towards preventive and curative treatment approaches to meet the demands of the industrial population
ER -