Factors that effect dental caries status of medical students in Udaipur city, India.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of oral hygiene behaviour, dental anxiety, self assessed dental status and treatment necessity on dental caries status of medical students.

Methods: The study was conducted among 345 medical students of Udaipur city, India who had provision for free dental services and the study was based on a questionnaire which consisted of two parts, first part containing questions regarding self assessment of dental status and treatment necessity along with oral hygiene behaviour and the later part comprised of Corah Dental Anxiety scale (DAS). Clinical examination was based on the WHO caries diagnostic criteria.

Dental health behaviour in relation to caries status among medical and dental undergraduate students of Udaipur district, India.

Objective: To compare the caries status and oral hygiene behaviour of dental and medical students and to assess the influence of oral hygiene behaviour on the caries status.

Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour along with clinical examination to asses the caries status. A total of 403 dental and medical students enrolled with Rajasthan University of Health Sciences of Udaipur district, India were recruited in the study.

Dental unit waterlines: source of contamination and cross-infection.

Dental chair units (DCUs) are used in the treatment of many patients throughout each day and microbial contamination of specific component parts is an important potential source of cross-infection. The quality of dental unit water is of considerable importance since patients and dental staff are regularly exposed to water and aerosols generated from the dental unit. This water hosts a diverse microflora of bacteria, yeasts, fungi, viruses, protozoa, unicellular algae and nematodes which may be contaminated with micro-organisms found in the biofilm formed due to water stagnation in the narrow-bore dental unit waterline (DUWL) tubings.

Oral health status and practices of dentate Bhil adult tribes of southern Rajasthan, India.

Aims: To assess the oral health status of the Bhil tribal population of Southern Rajasthan and to investigate the association of age, oral hygiene and dental visiting practices with oral health status.

Design: A cross sectional study of Bhil tribal adults chosen by a multi stage stratified random sampling procedure.

Participants: The total sample size was 1590 male tribal dentate subjects aged 15-54 years.

Does dental anxiety influence oral health-related quality of life? Observations from a cross-sectional study among adults in Udaipur district, India.

We investigated the effect of dental anxiety and dental visiting habits, as well as various socio-demographic variables, on oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) among subjects aged 15-54 years living in Udaipur district, India. The total sample size was 1235 individuals and a stratified cluster sampling procedure was employed to collect the representative sample. Dental anxiety and oral health-related quality of life were assessed using the Corah Dental anxiety scale and the OHQoL-UK(W) questionnaire, respectively.