To evaluate the periodontal status of prison inmates of Jodhpur central jail: An Epidemiological study

Dr. ASHISH BALI; Dr. AMARPREET SINGH; Dr. Abhinay V. Deshmukh; Dr Harsiman Singh; Dr. Chaitanya Shriram Metkar

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

To evaluate the periodontal status of prison inmates of Jodhpur central jail: An Epidemiological study

Dr. Ashish Bali, Dr. Amarpreet Singh, Dr. Abhinay V. Deshmukh, Dr Harsiman Singh, Dr. Chaitanya Shriram Metkar

Abstract :

Aim and Objectives: To evaluate the periodontal status and its relation with age of prison inmates of Jodhpur central jail. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in Central jail of Jodhpur city, Rajasthan, for a period of 6 months. Purposive sampling has been used in this study. Study included the group of individuals who were actually available for the investigations (All the inmates). There are 1400 prisoners in Jodhpur Central jail. Among them total of 981 prison inmates participated in the study. Descriptive statistical analysis has been carried out in the present study. Results on continuous measurements are presented on Mean �SD (Min-Max) and results on categorical measurements are presented in Numbers (%). Significance is assessed at 5% level of significance. (p< 0.05). One way ANOVA tests were used. Results: Shows that periodontal condition of prisoners by using community periodontal index the shows that 123(12.6%) of prisoners had bleeding on probing whereas 467(47.7%)of prisoners had presence of calculus, also 300 (30.6%) 0f prisoners showed the pocket depth of 4-5 mm and 42 (4.3%) of prisoners showed pocket depth of 6 mm and more. Regarding loss of attachment it has been seen that 257(26.3%) of prisoners shows loss of attachment between 0-3mm , while 386 (39.4%) of prisoners shows attachment loss ranging between 4-5 mm of cemento enamel junction within black band ,also 295(30.1%) of prisoners showed attachment loss of 6-8mm (cej between 8.5 mm and 11.5mm rings ) and 42 (4.3%) of prisoners showed loss of attachment ranging between 9-11 mm . Conclusion: Our findings indicate a substantial need for improvement of periodontal health of prison inmates of Jodhpur central jail.