Table 4.
Oral health status of children in anganwadi centres before and after training of Anganwadi workers
|
Oral diseases/habit |
Pre-training |
Post-training |
p-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
(n = 534) |
(n = 538) |
|
||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
|
Debris |
418 |
(78.3) |
291 |
54.1 |
0.000* |
|
Flourosis |
30 |
(5.6) |
37 |
(6.9) |
0.468 |
|
Plaque | |||||
| Stage 1 |
403 |
(75.5) |
358 |
(66.5) |
0.001* |
| Stage 2 |
113 |
(21.2) |
166 |
(30.9) |
0.000* |
| Stage 3 |
4 |
(0.7) |
14 |
(2.6) |
0.033* |
|
Oral habit (thumb sucking) |
46 |
(8.6) |
40 |
(7.4) |
0.549 |
|
Gingival health status | |||||
| Healthy |
519 |
(97.2) |
509 |
(94.6) |
0.048* |
| Bleeding |
9 |
(1.7) |
12 |
(2.2) |
0.671 |
|
Calculus |
6 |
(1.1) |
17 |
(3.2) |
0.036* |
|
Mean dmft |
2.1 ± 3.20 |
1.9 ± 1.4 |
0.060 |
||
| Prevalence of caries | 48.3% | 47.8% | 0.071 | ||
*Significant at 0.05 level.