Abstract

Dr. Deepika Vyas*, Dr. Bharath K. Garla, Dr. Rushabh J. Dagli, Dr. Prabhu Prakash Gupta, Dr. Ashish Vyas and Dr. Divya Parakh

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The oral cavity serves as the first interaction between human body and environment. The microorganisms found in the human oral cavity have been referred to as the oral micro flora, oral micro biota, or more recently as the oral micro biome. Therefore a study was conducted to evaluate oral health status, periodontal status, gingival status, oral lesions and bacterial characterization among betel quid chewers and non chewers. Materials and methods: The data was collected regarding socio-demographic characteristic, oral hygiene status, gingival status, periodontal status, bacterial characterization among betel quid chewers and non chewers. The microbiological examination was carried out to assess the micro flora. The statical analysis was done by using SPSS version 21(Chicago, USA). The p value ? 0.05 was found to be statistically significant. Result: Aerobic as well as anaerobic bacteria were more characterized among quid chewers as compared to non quid chewers. Significant co-relation was found between oral hygiene status and gingival status, CPI and LOA, oral lesions and bacterial characterization among quid chewers characterization (r=0.391, 0.932, 572 respectively p-value=0.000, S) and among non quid chewers significant correlation was found between CPI and LOA scores (r=0.658 p-value=0.000, S). Conclusion: Chewing betel quid has been found in role of detoriation of oral hygiene gingival status periodontal status and also development of oral lesions.