ASSESSMENT OF ORAL HEALTH STATUS IN SUBJECTS WITH DENTAL ARCH CROWDING - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the oral health status in patients with crowding.A retrospective study was conducted amongst 705 patients who reported to the Orthodontics department with a complaint of upper or lower anterior crowding from June 2019 to March 2020 in a dental hospital. Patients with crowding in relation to upper and lower anteriors were selected for the study. Out of 705 patients records, patients in the age group of 10-35 were selected.The number of patients with crowding in age group included in the study was found to be 536 which consisted of 359 males and 176 females.The oral health status of these patients was assessed by oral hygiene index scores. Retrieved data was analysed using IBM SPSS Software Version 20.0. Descriptive statistics and tests of association were done by Chi square tests and results were obtained. P value > 0.05 was considered statistically not significant.The association between gender of patients with crowding and their oral hygiene status was not significant since both males and females had good to fair oral hygiene (p value >0.05). Out of the male population(359), oral hygiene status was good in 185, fair in 155 and poor in 39 and in the females(176), it was good in 93, fair in 71 and poor in 12. Most patients with crowding had OHIS scores of 0.4 to 3.2. Hence Good to fair oral hygiene status was mostly predominant seen in patients with crowding. Within the limits of the study most patients with crowding showed good to fair oral hygiene status and no gender difference in oral hygiene among patients with crowding was noted .