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Background: Dental caries is an irreversible disease, with a likelihood of new lesions that continue to affect humanity Dental caries or tooth decay is an acquired chronic infective disease process caused by the acidic by-products of bacteria inhabiting organized dental plaque or oral bio-film that, if left undisturbed, can dissolve or demineralise the enamel surfaces of the teeth. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the oral health status of school children visiting Department of Pedodontics in Government Dental College, Srinagar. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study involving 543 schoolchildren attending Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College, Srinagar was conducted in 2015. Oral examination was performed in 543 children to check decayed, missing and filled teeth (deft/DMFT) index and simplified oral hygiene (OHI-S) score. Data were collected via clinical examination. Results: Mean caries experience in deciduous dentition was 3.52 ±4.63. Males presented a higher caries prevalence of 1.59 ±2.05 than the female counter parts who had 1.1±1.17 (p <0.001) which was lower than the caries experience seen in males of the similar age group. Mean defs of the male Behal R, Lone N, Shah AF, Yousuf A, Jan SM. Oral health status of 6-12 year old children attending a Government Hospital in Kashmir. IAIM, 2016; 3(3): 139-146. Page 140 subjects of age 6 was 4.09±5.32 which was much higher than females in similar age group (p <0.001). It was also observed that there was a statistically significant difference in the decayed component of the primary dentition in males and females. (p <0.005) Conclusion: Caries experience was significantly higher in male students as compared to their female counterparts.
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Background: Nowadays, electronic mass media such as television influence the behavioral patterns of their audiences, mainly children. The study aimed to investigate the extent of effectiveness of health education intervention among 7-14 year old children and their parents regarding the food advertising to children on Indian television Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 140 children between 7-14 years and their parents attending Department of Pedodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar. Data was collected by administering a pretested and a validated questionnaire among children and their parents. Oral health education intervention in the form of counselling by power point presentations was provided and pictorial self explanatory pamphlets were distributed among the participants. They were recalled after 3 weeks and the same questionnaire was administered again to evaluate the effect of oral health education intervention. Sidiq M, Lone N, Yousuf A, Shah AF. Change in perception regarding food advertisements on Indian television following an oral health education intervention program in 7-14 year old Kashmiri children and their parents. IAIM, 2016; 3(6): 199- 206. Page 200 Results: After oral health education intervention regarding the Food Advertising to children and their parents on Indian television, there was a significant reduction (P<0.05) in the attitudes and practices which were detrimental to oral health. Conclusion: Children are exposed to TV advertisements which affect children’s food preferences resulting in consumption of unhealthy foods that are detrimental to the oral health. Oral Health education intervention to parents is necessary for selecting healthy foods.
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The present study was aimed to compare non-surgical treatment (scaling and root planing) with surgical (Modified Widman Flap procedure) treatment for chronic periodontitis. Modified Widman Flap procedure was chosen in our study because it results in removal of pocket epithelium to allow direct approximation of connective tissue with the tooth surface, less mechanical trauma than closed curettage, minimal bone removal, maximal conservation of periodontal tissue, facilitation of oral hygiene, and less root exposure with less sensitivity. The study was performed for a six month period .At initial examination, oral prophylaxis was performed and meticulous oral hygiene instructions were given. The patients were recalled after 21 days. At baseline, 15 subjects were selected with 5-7 mm periodontal pocket in at least 2 quadrants of the mouth. It was a split mouth design, with one quadrant of mouth as Control Group and another quadrant as Test Group. In the Control group, Scaling and Kirmani M, Saima S, Behal R, Jan SM, Yousuf A, Shah AF. Comparing the efficacy of scaling with root planing and modified widman flap in patients with chronic periodontitis. IAIM, 2016; 3(4): 168-174. Page 169 root planning was carried out and in test group modified widman flap procedure was carried out. Sutures were removed after 1 week. Oral hygiene instructions and professional tooth cleaning were repeated once every 2 weeks during study period for both selected quadrants. The clinical assessment was carried out from baseline to 3 months and 6 months to evaluate the respective treatments and to compare between Non surgical mechanical treatment (control group) and surgical treatment (test group).This study demonstrated that both surgical and nonsurgical methods of treatment are effective in eliminating gingivitis and reducing probing depths provided the subgingival plaque is eliminated and reinfection prevented following active therapy. The investigation demonstrated that active therapy including meticulous subgingival debridement resulted in low frequency of gingival sites which showed bleeding on probing, a high frequency of sites with shallow pockets 4 mm and disappearance of pockets with probing depth of > 6 mm.