Is Oral Health of the Sugar Mill Workers Being Compromised?
Introduction: Occupational environment has an immense influence on the general as well as oral health. The specific exposure to sugar and its byproducts might influence the dental health of sugar mill workers. Aim and Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess and compare the oral he...
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| author | Khushboo Singh Venisha Pandita Basavaraj Patthi Ashish Singla Swati Jain Hansa Kundu Ravneet Malhi Vaibhav Vashishtha |
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| description | Introduction: Occupational environment has an immense
influence on the general as well as oral health. The specific
exposure to sugar and its byproducts might influence the dental
health of sugar mill workers.
Aim and Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess
and compare the oral health status of production line workers
and administration staff working in the sugar mills of Western
Uttar Pradesh.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted
in four Government aided and four Private sugar mills of West
Uttar Pradesh, India among the production line workers and
administration staff. Multistage random sampling methodology
was employed to select total of 600 sugar mill factory workers
(449 production line workers and 151 administration staff). The
oral health status of the study subjects was assessed using the
modified WHO Oral health survey Performa 1997.
Statistical Analysis: SPSS 19 Version was used for statistical
analysis. Mean, Standard Deviation and proportions were
calculated for each clinical parameter. Student t-test and Chisquare analysis was done to analyse inter group comparison.
Results: Mean DMFT for production and non production line
workers was 7.67± 2.99 and 0.15 ± 1.34 (p= 0.001) respectively.
80.17% of production line workers had maximum CPI score 2 in
contrast to 63.57% of administration staff (p=0.324).
Conclusion: The dental health was found to be debilitated
among the production line workers of Sugar mill as compared to
the Administrative staff. It is therefore recommended to raise the
awareness among the sugar mill workers regarding the same. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28095277829c49ab8a98486c0cea8b652022-12-22T03:17:00ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-06-0196ZC07ZC1010.7860/JCDR/2015/11508.6031Is Oral Health of the Sugar Mill Workers Being Compromised?Khushboo Singh0Venisha Pandita1Basavaraj Patthi2Ashish Singla3Swati Jain4Hansa Kundu5Ravneet Malhi6Vaibhav Vashishtha7Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, D. J College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Introduction: Occupational environment has an immense influence on the general as well as oral health. The specific exposure to sugar and its byproducts might influence the dental health of sugar mill workers. Aim and Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess and compare the oral health status of production line workers and administration staff working in the sugar mills of Western Uttar Pradesh. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in four Government aided and four Private sugar mills of West Uttar Pradesh, India among the production line workers and administration staff. Multistage random sampling methodology was employed to select total of 600 sugar mill factory workers (449 production line workers and 151 administration staff). The oral health status of the study subjects was assessed using the modified WHO Oral health survey Performa 1997. Statistical Analysis: SPSS 19 Version was used for statistical analysis. Mean, Standard Deviation and proportions were calculated for each clinical parameter. Student t-test and Chisquare analysis was done to analyse inter group comparison. Results: Mean DMFT for production and non production line workers was 7.67± 2.99 and 0.15 ± 1.34 (p= 0.001) respectively. 80.17% of production line workers had maximum CPI score 2 in contrast to 63.57% of administration staff (p=0.324). Conclusion: The dental health was found to be debilitated among the production line workers of Sugar mill as compared to the Administrative staff. It is therefore recommended to raise the awareness among the sugar mill workers regarding the same.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6031/11508_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfadministrative staffindiaoral health statusproduction line workerssugar factories |
| spellingShingle | Khushboo Singh Venisha Pandita Basavaraj Patthi Ashish Singla Swati Jain Hansa Kundu Ravneet Malhi Vaibhav Vashishtha Is Oral Health of the Sugar Mill Workers Being Compromised? Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research administrative staff india oral health status production line workers sugar factories |
| title | Is Oral Health of the Sugar Mill Workers Being Compromised? |
| title_full | Is Oral Health of the Sugar Mill Workers Being Compromised? |
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| title_short | Is Oral Health of the Sugar Mill Workers Being Compromised? |
| title_sort | is oral health of the sugar mill workers being compromised |
| topic | administrative staff india oral health status production line workers sugar factories |
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