ABSTRACT
To observe the status of oral hygiene and its association with other factors in patients visiting Hamdard University Dental Hospital. It was a descriptive type of study. The study was carried out at Hamdard University Dental Hospital, Karachi. Total duration of this study was one year. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. Total 581 patients were included in this study, after taking consent structured questionnaire was administered to evaluate information from all patients. Then patients were divided into three groups on the basis of their oral hygiene status. In this study 228 were males while 353 were females. In males only 6.1% patients had good oral hygiene while 28.5% and 62.2% had fair and poor oral hygiene respectively. In females 8.2% had good oral hygiene while 39.6% and 18.13% had fair and poor oral hygiene respectively. Among males 88.1% use tooth brush while 3.5% use finger for teeth cleaning while in females this ratio was 91.7% 7 3.3%. In males frequency of poor oral hygiene was comparatively high which may be linked to smoking and dietary habits