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Oral Health Status of 12-15 Years Old School Going Children in Lucknow City Rashmi Lata; Shitanshu Malhotra; Madhusudan Krishna; Manu Narayan; Om Veer Singh; Neeraj Kumar
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14387

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Aim: To evaluate oral health status of 12-15 years old school going children in Lucknow.Material and Method: The study was carried out during January 2019 to August 2019. Total 1200 schoolgoing children of age 12 to 15 years were taken in this study. Schools were selected by multistage randomsampling technique. There were total 814 schools in the Lucknow, out of which 24 schools were taken inthe study area in which 11 were government schools and remaining 13 were private schools. Closed-endedquestionnaire consisting of demographic data, three questions of oral hygiene practices and four indiceswere used. Dental examination was done to assess the dental caries status, oral hygiene status, presence ofmalocclusion and gingival status. Data was analysed by using SPSS software version 21.Results: Toothpaste and toothpowder were used as material by 73.2% and 25.3% of the subjects respectively.The maximum DMFT scores was seen among 12 years, then 15 years, then 14 years and least in 13 years.Maximum 13 years old students reported fair oral hygiene index. The comparison of study participants withregard to age of the student was not found to be significant.Conclusion: To conclude, the results of the present study confirmed that there is increased prevalence ofmalocclusion among children in the 12 to 15 year age group. Among all the age group, oral hygiene statuswas observed to be fair.
Effectiveness of Pictorial Health Warnings on Tobacco Products in Creating Awareness among 15-17 Years Old School Children in Lucknow Sarvesh Bansal; Shitanshu Malhotra; Madhusudan Krishna; Shikha Chaudhary; Gunjan Agarwal
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14407

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Aim: The present study was planned to assess the effectiveness of pictorial health warnings on tobaccoproducts in creating awareness among 15-17 years old school children in Lucknow.Materials and method: The present cross sectional study was conducted among 360 students studyingin rural schools of Lucknow. Information about schools was obtained from DEO’s. Sampling was doneusing multistage sampling technique. A specially designed questionnaire was administered to assess theeffectiveness of pictorial health warnings on tobacco products in creating awareness given on the reversepanel of smoked and smokeless tobacco. Statistical analysis was done using chi square and test.Results: The mean knowledge score among male and female was 6.37±1.56 and 6.50±1.73 respectivelywith statistically insignificant difference. Average and poor impact was reported among 21.11%, 1.94% and14.17%, 0.28% of the boys and girls respectively. When different attitude grading was compared statisticallyamong boys and girls, it was found to be statistically significant.Conclusion: The present study threw light on some of the aspects of the young students towards the PictorialHealth Warnings on tobacco packs. The finding also highlights to improve the quality of the PictorialWarnings and make them more robust and impactful
A Study to Analyze the willingness of Smokers to Quit Smoking Following Dentist’s Advice Vishwas Mishra; Shitanshu Malhotra; Madhusudan Krishna; Manu Narayan
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14494

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Aim: To analyze the patient’s perceptions about the role of dentists in smoking prevention, counseling andcessation and to analyze the willingness of smokers to quit smoking following dentist’s advice.Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among dental patients visiting Dental Collegeand Hospital in the month of November 2019 using a self administered questionnaire. Convenient samplingwas done. Among five hundred patients who participated in the study, 486 completed it with a response rateof 97.2%. The descriptive statistics and chi square analysis was performed to analyze data.Results: The patients had good knowledge about the effects of smoking on general and oral health. Howeverits effect on hair loss, ageing and wound healing can be reinforced. Non smokers had significantly higher(p<0.05) knowledge about the effects of smoking on ageing, bad breath, gum diseases and oral cancercompared to smokers. Patients had positive perception about the role of dentist in smoking cessationactivities. Smokers exhibited willingness to quit if suggested by the dentist.Conclusion: Patients perceive that dentists can play an important part in smoking cessation activities. Hencedentists should not hesitate to give smoking advice to their patients and grasp this opportunity to improve thegeneral and oral health of the community.
Co-Authors Gunjan Agarwal Manu Narayan Neeraj Kumar Om Veer Singh Rashmi Lata Sarvesh Bansal Shikha Chaudhary Shitanshu Malhotra Vishwas Mishra