Barman Diplina, Kumar Sandeep
Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT University, BBSR, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Oct 30;9(10):5148-5151. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_551_20. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Oral health means much more than just having healthy teeth. Various oral diseases have significant side effects on general health; also systemic diseases can show a reciprocal effect on oral health. So oral health needs to be regarded by multi-professional approaches and should be combined into comprehensive health-promotion strategies and actions. The present study aimed to determine oral hygiene habits amongst chromium mine workers.
The present observational, cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 4 months from April to October 2017. The present study evaluated the oral hygiene habits amongst the chromium mine workers of Odisha. A total of 1140 males were enrolled in the study. The study was conducted after the institutional ethical board clearance and informed written consent for participation in the study and written consent was obtained from all in their vernacular language. Data were entered using MS-EXCEL 2016 and the statistical analysis was done using SPSS software.
There were 91.9% of subjects who brushed once a day, 6.9% brushed twice a day and 1.1% brushed after every meal. The results of the study showed that 75.9% and 8.1% of subjects used tooth paste and tooth powder respectively for brushing there teeth regularly.the results of this study also showed that 11.9% of study participants used indigenous means (other means) as an aid to tooth brushing.
There is a lack of awareness and education about oral hygiene practices amongst mine workers due to which they do not resort to good oral hygiene practices.
口腔健康的意义远不止于拥有健康的牙齿。各种口腔疾病对整体健康有重大副作用；全身性疾病也会对口腔健康产生相互影响。因此，口腔健康需要通过多专业方法来考量，并应纳入全面的健康促进策略和行动中。本研究旨在确定铬矿工人的口腔卫生习惯。
本观察性横断面研究于2017年4月至10月进行，为期4个月。本研究评估了奥里萨邦铬矿工人的口腔卫生习惯。共有1140名男性参与了该研究。该研究在获得机构伦理委员会批准后进行，并获得了所有参与者以当地语言书写的参与研究知情同意书。数据使用MS-EXCEL 2016录入，并使用SPSS软件进行统计分析。
91.9%的受试者每天刷牙一次，6.9%的受试者每天刷牙两次，1.1%的受试者每餐饭后刷牙。研究结果显示，75.9%和8.1%的受试者分别定期使用牙膏和牙粉刷牙。本研究结果还显示，11.9%的研究参与者使用土方法（其他方法）辅助刷牙。
矿工对口腔卫生习惯缺乏认识和教育，因此他们没有采取良好的口腔卫生习惯。
