Oral health status of 5 year and 65-74 years old subjects in a ward of jaipur city

Aim: Assess the oral health status and treatment needs of geriatric and pediatric population in a ward of Jaipur city Objective: Assess the oral health status using the Oral Health Assessment form of subjects of 5 and 65-74 years in a ward of Jaipur city. Assess the periodontal status of subjects of 5 years and 65-74 years using modified CPI index in a ward of Jaipur city Materials and Method: Sample of 630 subjects including 360 children aged 5 years and 270 adults in the age-group of 65-74 years were examined for their oral health status and periodontal status using WHO Oral Health Assessment Form 2013. Subjects were selected from a ward of Jaipur city Results: Of the 270 adults, 69.1% subjects cleaned their teeth once a day, only 60.7% used toothpaste. Nearly 55% subjects had visited a dentist. Over 93% subjects consumed tobacco in some form. Nearly 31% subjects had complete edentulous arches and mean DMFT score was 16.74 of dentate individuals. The score was higher in males than females. Almost 58% subjects had deep pockets and 73.4% had bleeding on probing. Ninety three percent respondents complained of difficulty in chewing food. Among the 360 children, 71% had either decay or missing tooth with mean dmft 1.43. Mean decay score was 1.36 and mean missing score was 0.12. Conclusion: The study concluded that the DMFT score for adults was high and dmft score for children was low. As nearly a third of the adult population had complete edentulous arches, they had less utilization of dental services.