Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_199_23
Manjunath P. Puranik
Hearty Welcome and warm Greetings Oral health is essential to overall health and well-being. Oral health professionals have recognized the need to provide Sustainable care, by minimizing the impact on resources and promoting and delivering optimal oral health in a safe manner. We are poised to celebrate 27th National Conference of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry on 1-3 December 2023 at SGT Dental College, Hospital and Research Institute (Faculty of Dental Sciences) SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana. The theme is “Public Health Dentistry Synergizing towards Sustainable Oral Health”. The theme focuses on the impact of Public Health Dentists in providing leadership and guidance in areas such as population-based dentistry, oral health surveillance, policy development, community- based disease prevention, health promotion and many more such avenues. The Department of Public Health Dentistry at SGT University believes in planning and executing the conference meticulously with scientific program consisting of Guest Oration and lecturers from renowned speakers for period of three days. Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry conducts national level competitions/awards/grants for UG & PG students since several years. National level essay competition for UG & PG students helps to create awareness and motivate the students to understand the philosophy of Public Health Dentistry. IAPHD recognizes and appreciates meritorious students by giving away prizes for the toppers in the subject of Public Health Dentistry at UG and PG level. Financial Assistance to UG & PG students & Faculty Research Projects provides dynamism to research. I take this occasion to thank all the members in uplifting of the association during my tenure as President. I take this opportunity to thank Hon Secretary Dr Vamsi Krishna Reddy, Office Bearers and EC members for their sustained support and collaboration. JIAPHD under the leadership of Editor Dr Naveen Kumar P G and the Board of members have made significant impact in the quality of the journal and reaching international standards. Best wishing and regards to all the IAPHD members.
衷心的欢迎和温暖的问候口腔健康对整体健康和幸福至关重要。口腔卫生专业人员已经认识到需要提供可持续护理,尽量减少对资源的影响,并以安全的方式促进和提供最佳的口腔健康。我们准备于2023年12月1日至3日在哈里亚纳邦Gurugram的SGT大学SGT牙科学院、医院和研究所(牙科科学学院)举行第27届印度公共卫生牙科协会全国会议。主题为“公共卫生与牙科协同促进口腔健康可持续发展”。主题集中于公共卫生牙医在以人口为基础的牙科、口腔健康监测、政策制定、以社区为基础的疾病预防、健康促进等领域提供领导和指导的影响。SGT大学公共卫生牙科学系相信精心策划和执行会议,科学的程序,包括嘉宾演讲和知名演讲者的演讲,为期三天。印度公共卫生牙科协会多年来一直为UG和PG学生举办国家级竞赛/奖励/资助。为UG和PG学生举办的国家级征文比赛有助于提高学生对公共卫生牙科哲学的认识和理解。IAPHD颁授公共卫生牙科学科大学本科及研究生级别的优秀者奖品,以表扬和赞赏成绩优异的学生。对UG和PG学生和教师研究项目的财政援助为研究提供了活力。借此机会,我感谢各位会员在我担任会长期间对协会的支持。借此机会,我要感谢秘书长Vamsi Krishna Reddy博士、各位办公室主任和委员会成员一直以来的支持和合作。在编辑Naveen Kumar P G博士和董事会成员的领导下,JIAPHD在期刊质量和达到国际标准方面产生了重大影响。向所有IAPHD成员致以最美好的祝愿和问候。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_174_23
Ridhi Narang, Amanish Singh Shinh, R. G. Saini, Munish Singla, Ritesh Gupta, Manhar Kaur Shinh
Context: The relationship between children’s oral health and general health has become a research subject of growing interest. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between nutritional status and malocclusion parameters among school-going children of Bathinda, Punjab, India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study for 18 months was conducted among 500 5–15-year-old school-going children. Oral examination was done to check malocclusion parameters such as crowding, facial height (FH), and anterior and posterior crossbite. Nutritional status assessment was done using body mass index (BMI). The data were tabulated in Microsoft Excel and statistically analyzed using the SPSS (IBM Corporation) software. Results: A statistically significant association was found between BMI and malocclusion parameters such as dental crowding and FH. No statistically significant association was found between nutritional status and anterior/posterior crossbite. Conclusion: Further research is needed for in-depth understanding of role of nutritional status on malocclusion indicators during early years of life for timely interventions and prevention.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_173_21
D. Shrienitha, V. Prasad, K. Iyer, Mahesh Jagadeson, K. Priyadharshini, M. Gomathi
Background: The invitro study was done to find out the efficacy of shelcal, shelcal with Vitamin C and calcium sandoz in remineralizing enamel surfaces on which artificial carious lesions had been created. The changes were analyzed using Vickers Hardness Testing Machine. Materials and Methods: A total of 45 permanent teeth were selected and divided into three groups: Group I – Shelcal, Group II – Shelcal with Vitamin C, and Group III – Calcium sandoz tablets. All samples were subjected to deminralization and assessed using Vickers Hardness Testing Machine. Each demineralized sample was randomly divided into three groups: Group I – Shelcal, Group II – Shelcal with Vitamin C, and Group III – Calcium sandoz tablets. After the 10 days of remineralization, the obtained data were analyzed statistically. The significance of mean difference between the groups was done by post hoc Bonferroni test and repeated measures ANOVA. All analyses were performed on SPSS software (Windows version 20.0). Results: Statistical analysis showed that shelcal remineralizes artificially induced carious lesions in permanent teeth. Conclusion: Shelcal (Group I) exhibited superior remineralization potential.
{"title":"Comparative evaluation of remineralization potential of shelcal, calcium sandoz and shelcal with Vitamin C on artificially induced carious lesions in permanent teeth: An in vitro study","authors":"D. Shrienitha, V. Prasad, K. Iyer, Mahesh Jagadeson, K. Priyadharshini, M. Gomathi","doi":"10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_173_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_173_21","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The invitro study was done to find out the efficacy of shelcal, shelcal with Vitamin C and calcium sandoz in remineralizing enamel surfaces on which artificial carious lesions had been created. The changes were analyzed using Vickers Hardness Testing Machine. Materials and Methods: A total of 45 permanent teeth were selected and divided into three groups: Group I – Shelcal, Group II – Shelcal with Vitamin C, and Group III – Calcium sandoz tablets. All samples were subjected to deminralization and assessed using Vickers Hardness Testing Machine. Each demineralized sample was randomly divided into three groups: Group I – Shelcal, Group II – Shelcal with Vitamin C, and Group III – Calcium sandoz tablets. After the 10 days of remineralization, the obtained data were analyzed statistically. The significance of mean difference between the groups was done by post hoc Bonferroni test and repeated measures ANOVA. All analyses were performed on SPSS software (Windows version 20.0). Results: Statistical analysis showed that shelcal remineralizes artificially induced carious lesions in permanent teeth. Conclusion: Shelcal (Group I) exhibited superior remineralization potential.","PeriodicalId":16001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry","volume":"21 1","pages":"11 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42655001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_139_21
Lokesh Siva, R. Krishnakumar, D. Sugumaran, G. Mohan, S. Ahamed, Anand Prabhu
Background: The habit of eating more of sugary drinks and foods with high in trans fats and excessive saturated fatty foods, when the person is in stress has an effect on the individual's weight. Objectives: To evaluate the body mass index (BMI) and determine its association with abnormal oral habits in 6–12-year-old school-going children. Materials and Methods: The 46 schools were selected based on simple random sampling technique and all children who were aged between 6 and 12 years were included in the study. Among 5525 children screened, 1665 (30.13%) had various types of abnormal oral habits. The BMI of these children was calculated. The obtained BMI values were compared using Chi-square test in IBM SPSS windows version 20 software, where P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The association between bruxism, lip biting, nail biting, and pencil biting habits with their BMI was found to be statistically significant and other habits like thumb sucking, tongue thrusting, mouth breathing and masochistic habits with their BMI which was found to be statistically non-significant. Conclusion: The children with stress-related oral habits had high BMI and their associations were found to be statistically significant. Hence, identification of children with stress-related oral habits and sensitization of parents, teachers, and the caregiver is of great importance.
背景:当一个人处于压力中时,吃更多含糖饮料和高反式脂肪食物以及过量饱和脂肪食物的习惯会对个人的体重产生影响。目的:评价6 ~ 12岁学龄儿童身体质量指数(BMI)及其与口腔异常习惯的关系。资料与方法:采用简单随机抽样的方法,选取46所学校,6 - 12岁的儿童全部纳入研究。在5525名筛查儿童中,有1665名(30.13%)存在各种类型的异常口腔习惯。计算了这些儿童的身体质量指数。所得BMI值采用IBM SPSS windows version 20软件进行χ 2检验,P < 0.05为差异有统计学意义。结果:磨牙、咬唇、咬指甲、咬铅笔习惯与BMI的相关性有统计学意义,其他习惯如吮指、伸舌、口呼吸、受虐习惯与BMI的相关性无统计学意义。结论:有压力相关口腔习惯的儿童BMI较高,其相关性有统计学意义。因此,识别儿童的压力相关的口腔习惯和敏感的家长,老师和照顾者是非常重要的。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_245_21
Gautami. S. Penmetsa, Sravanthi Vundavalli, Anusha Boddeda, N. Sruthima, Sathya Veluri, Gadde Praveen
Introduction: The novel coronavirus disease has brought to the forefront the importance of oral hygiene aids and its role in the prevention of COVID-19 transmission. Objectives: The objective is to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral hygiene aids and its role in COVID-19 transmission. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 385 patients visiting Vishnu dental college. The questionnaire included demographic data, history of COVID, and vaccination status. The second part included questions regarding knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral hygiene aids and its role in COVID-19 transmission. Results: Mean age of the population was 40.11 years, and had almost equal proportions of males and females. About 22.6% of the population had suffered from COVID-19 and 92.7% of men got fully vaccinated. Knowledge of COVID-19 transmission through oral hygiene aids was found in 57.4% of the population. No difference in knowledge of occupational health advisor (OHA) and its role in COVID transmission was found between gender, COVID, and vaccination status (P > 0.05). About 22.9% of graduates had higher knowledge than others (P = 0.00). Conclusions: The use of appropriate oral hygiene aids and practices could prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_171_21
M. Gomathi, S. Prasad, K. Iyer, Mahesh Jegadeson, K. Indrapriyadhrshini, D. Shrienitha
Background: Dental caries is most prevalent oral infections worldwide, characterized by a progressive demineralization that affects the mineralized dental tissues. Although the decline of dental caries prevalence can be attributed to the widespread use of dentifrices that contain fluoride, there is a need for an advanced alternative fluoride remineralizing dentifrice preferably, herbal-based dentifrices. Aim: To investigate and compare the remineralization effect of demineralized human enamel using two herbal toothpastes via in vitro method. Materials and Methods: An in vitro study was conducted on 40 extracted natural teeth. Crowns and roots were sectioned at cementoenamel junction, and crowns were further sectioned to buccal and lingual halves. All the teeth samples were examined for baseline hardness level by Vickers hardness tester. Samples were kept for demineralization continuously for 48 h and postdemineralization hardness values were also evaluated. Samples randomly divided and allocated into two groups for remineralization procedure. Group A -Dabur Red (N = 20) and Group B - Patanjali Dant Kanti (N = 20). Remineralization using two dentifrice slurries was performed for 10 days and postremineralization hardness estimated. Data were collected and analyzed using Student's unpaired t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Intergroup analysis was done using Student's t-test and intragroup analysis at baseline, demineralization and remineralization was done using ANOVA. Results: A highly significant difference in the Vickers hardness was observed between the two groups with Group A showing increased mean hardness levels in comparison to Group B (P < 0.001) and there was a significant change in hardness observed from baseline, demineralization, and remineralization of both Dabur Red (Group A) and Patanjali (Group B). Conclusions: Both the herbal toothpastes showed better remineralization potential but still Dabur Red showed highest remineralization when compared to Patanjali Dant Kanti. The role of herbal dentifrices as a remineralizing agent appears to be as effective as conventional toothpastes.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_185_22
P. Shinde, S. Shetiya, D. Agarwal
Introduction: In order to reduce the oral health disparities among school children in rural areas and provide a sustainable program, a pilot project using community health workers was planned. Aim and Objectives: The objectives of the study were to implement and evaluate community participatory oral health promotion and prevention program in school children from select rural population in Deshmukhwadi, Pune district, and also carry out knowledge, attitude and practice survey among health workers and school teachers about oral health. Materials and Methods: One hundred and thirty-nine students, aged 6–13 years, constituted the sample size. The program consisted of oral health education, atraumatic restorative treatment, scaling of teeth with hand scalers, and fortnightly fluoride mouth rinsing. The health workers who were commissioned into medical department by Tata Motors from the same village, after proper training and calibration performed the above-mentioned preventive procedures on children. Results: There was a significant improvement in gingival status (P < 0.001), caries status (P = 0.003), and incipient lesion (P = 0.01) after the program. In the present study, the health workers were successfully trained to provide basic oral care services in rural areas. Furthermore, the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding oral health which was assessed among the health workers and school teachers improved after 16 months of the program. Conclusions: The community participatory oral health promotion and prevention program showed a significant improvement in the filled and initial lesion surfaces in the primary and permanent dentition and the bleeding sextants. Health workers and school teachers showed improvement in knowledge and practice after the program.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_201_23
L. Vamsi Krishna Reddy
Dear IAPHD Members, Indian Association of Public health Dentistry (IAPHD) is working relentlessly to promote the art and science of dentistry for the benefit of professionals as well as for the community. Our Association needs to work hand in hand to meet the challenges confronting the profession in the coming years, which include: Having a large cohort of post graduates to be absorbed into the profession, For this we need to create some job opportunities which will make the young public health dentists more enthusiastic. We have to meet the increasing oral health needs and demands of Indians, especially amongst the expanding geriatric population. Public Health Dentists, therefore need to continuously upgrade themselves in skills and knowledge for the benefit of the public whom we serve. 27th IAPHD National Conference is going to be held on December 1–3, 2023, in Gurugram. The theme of this Conference was ““Public Health Dentistry Synergising towards Sustainable Oral Health” I am sure the students, delegates, and faculty must have had interesting and exciting scientific exchange brimming with newer learning ideas. I request all the student members and life members to register for the annual conference and make it a memorable one. With support of the IAPHD members, we hope that the association would continue to serve as a strong platform that promotes professional excellence, friendship and wellbeing of the dental fraternity. Be with us and we can assure you, we will- “Go Boldly Where Dentistry Has Never Gone Before”. With best wishes and regards, see you all at the Annual Conference! Long live IAPHD!
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_130_22
B. K. Akash Medappa, Nusrath Fareed, Hemant Battur, Jaseela Praveena
Background: Over the last two decades, health professionals and researchers have become increasingly interested in understanding the sociodental approach to improving oral care quality, which focuses more on individuals’ subjective well-being and is guided by Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) measures. Objectives: (1) To critically review published literature on the impact of oral health programmes upon OHRQoL among children and (2) to provide an evidence-based approach on research regarding the impact of oral health programmes upon OHRQoL. Methodology: This systematic review is being conducted as per the Joanna Briggs Institute Guidelines and reported as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. An initial literature yielded 359 abstracts/manuscripts which were tested for eligibility. A total of 10 full length articles satisfying inclusion/exclusion criteria were retrieved and were included for qualitative synthesis. Studies were categorized as interventional (7) and observational (3). Four independent reviewers critically assessed the included studies based on CONSORT and STROBE guidelines, respectively. Risk of bias was assessed using ROBINS-I tool for nonrandomized clinical trial, RoB 2.0 tool for randomized clinical trial. Preventive fraction and levels of evidence were calculated for all the studies using the available data. Results: A total of 10 studies published over a period of 15 years were considered for qualitative synthesis. Analysis revealed that different types of oral health programmes (curative programs – 5 studies, curative and preventive programs – 4 studies and comprehensive programs – 1 study) were conducted over a duration of 2 weeks to 3 years. The age group of the subjects in various studies ranged from 4 to 14 years. Most of the studies were reported from Brazil (5) (55%). The outcome measures in all the studies were OHRQoL and the tools that were used to measure it were Child Perception Questionnaire (6 studies), Child Oral Impact on Daily Performance (3 studies), and Early childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (1 studies). A wide range of preventive fraction was obtained ranging from 8% to 90%. The risk of bias assessment for nonrandomized studies mostly showed moderate bias, whereas risk of bias assessment for randomized studies showed low bias. Conclusion: The results of this systematic review revealed that oral health programs does have a positive impact on OHRQoL among children.
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It is noted that fire without smoke smokeless tobacco is one of the major scourges in the South-east Asia subcontinent, particularly India. It not only includes adult men and women users but a sizeable chunk entails Indian teenagers. What is worrying though, the models attempting to capture the global usage does not really has much to offer due to paucity of global data. That said, World Health Organization (WHO) has been at the forefront foreshadowing trends and using myriad policy initiatives to help developing countries combat the malaise. Mpower is one such policy framework by the WHO to help countries implement and manage tobacco control, the success of this country-tailored demand reduction interventionist program has lifted a country like Turkey from being one of the highest puffers to drastically reducing its tobacco usage and free smoking indoors by 100%. MPOWER has shown a stellar performance in averting 7.4 million deaths, 30 countries with more than 1 billion people have best pictorially represented health warnings and labels, smoke-free laws and appropriate taxation rules to curb the menace. Aim: In light of aforementioned, the aim of this study was to perform the quantitative analysis of WHO report on tobacco control and to get an insight to what extend the program has been successful and the best practices that could potentially be replicated. Methodology: The MPOWER composite score was built by employing 6 MPOWER scores using the validated checklist outlined by Iranian and international tobacco control specialists in their study on tobacco control. The independent scores and cutoffs thereof were set in consonance with the key sections of the MPOWER 2011 report. Results: MPOWER composite scores that measured policy implementation were then linked to cigarette smoking prevalence and consumption data. An encouraging trend was observed, for example, the highest scores were observable in 2019 and there was noticeable increase in scores of adult daily smoking prevalence (<15 years), cessation programs, and in health warning on cigarette packages. Laws are toothless without adequate intervention at ground level and it was patently clear from monitoring of prevalence data, for example, there was abysmally poor compliance rate, especially with respect to advertisements and other smoke –free policies. The results were mixed at best. Conclusion: The dozen countries present themselves as the best replica in the implementation and enforcement of tobacco control program; however, little tweaks here and there to tailor it in accordance with socio-cultural aspects of countries are warranted.
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