Dental Fluorosis And Oral Hygiene Status Among 15-30 Years Old Patients Attending Private Dental College - A Retrospective Study

The high prevalence and severity of oral disease such as dental caries and periodontal disease can affect the oral health related quality of life. In addition, endemic oral disease such as dental fluorosis may worsen the oral health of an individual. This study is conducted to evaluate association of dental fluorosis and oral hygiene status among index age group 15-30 years individuals. A retrospective was conducted using the patient records of University hospital from June 2019 until March 2020. A total of 96 consecutive case records of patients who had been diagnosed with dental fluorosis and with the information on their oral hygiene status were retrieved and analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive statistics was done to find the prevalence and chi-square association was done to find association between dental fluorosis and oral hygiene status. Prevalence of dental fluorosis was high in males (67.71%) compared to females (32.29%). Mild type of dental fluorosis (32.39%) was prevalent among the patients. Among the age groups, prevalence of dental fluorosis was high in patients of age group 21-25 years. Based on gender, males reported with higher incidence of ‘very mild' and ‘mild' dental fluorosis and in females ‘moderate' dental fluorosis were more common. ‘Fair' oral hygiene status recorded in most patients. No significant association between age, gender with dental fluorosis and oral hygiene status among the patients (p>0.05). Similarly there was a significant association between dental fluorosis and oral hygiene status (p<0.05). Thus individuals with moderate and severe dental fluorosis had poor oral hygiene. Severity of dental fluorosis has a significant role on the oral hygiene status.