<![CDATA[Dental plaque is the community of micro organism found on a tooth surface as a biofilm, embedded in a matrixof polymers of host and bacterial origins of clinical relevance is that fact that biofilms are less susceptibleto antimicrobial agents, while microbial communities can display enhanced pathogenicity. There are certainplaque induced oral diseases like chronic gingivitis, gingival enlargement, recurrent gingivitis,periodontitis.The Dental Plaque index was introduced to determine better oral hygiene by grading the dental plaqueaccordingly the present study was designed to assess prevalence of dental plaque among adults visitingsaveetha dental college.Case sheets of all the patients of OP Department of Saveetha Dental College forthe period of two months(Dec 2019- Jan 2020) were reviewed from patient record. Among their revieweddata, 388 appropriate study samples were selected and tabulated in MS excel.Then the tabulated data weretransferred to statistical software SPSS Version 20.O. Descriptive statistics were expressed by means offrequency and percentage. Independent t test was used to compare the Mean Plaque index based on Genderand One way ANOVA was used to compare the Mean Plaque index based on age groups. A statisticallysignificant difference was observed between the selected age groups which shows that the mean PlaqueIndex score was found to be high among participants aged more than 45 years. Even Though there was nosignificant difference on comparison of mean Plaque Index score based on Gender, the Plaque was found tobe more prevalent among female participants than males.Within the limits of study, the prevalence of dentalplaque was high among participants aged more than 45 years and females had a higher Mean Plaque Indexscore than males.]]>
