Oral Health-related Quality of Life Assessed by Child: Oral Impacts on Daily Performances Index and Their Association with Dental Caries Prevalence and Gingival Bleeding Status of 12-year-old School Children in Bhubaneswar City.

Aim And Objective: To assess the association, if any, between oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) measured using child oral impact on daily performances (C-OIDP) index and dental caries and gingival bleeding status among 12-year-old school children of Bhubaneswar city.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted, and the data were collected using child oral impacts on daily performances index, a closed-ended questionnaire among the 12-year-old school children of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, to find out the association between dental caries prevalence among gingival bleeding status. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and Chi-squared tests were used to determine the significant differences in the variable of interest.

Tobacco consumption among 12- to 15-year-old schoolchildren in Delhi.

Objective: This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of tobacco use and its cessation among children in schools of Delhi.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 1094 schoolchildren (577 boys and 517 girls), 12-15 years old, was conducted using the modified Global Youth Tobacco Survey questionnaire. Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis test were applied (p<0.

Dental anxiety among patients visiting a dental institute in Faridabad, India.

Despite advances in dentistry, anxiety about dental treatment and the fear of pain remains widespread among patients and is a significant barrier to dental treatment. This study would therefore provide information so as to minimize levels of anxiety and aid in planning stress-free treatment. The cross-sectional study utilizing a self-reported questionnaire based on Modified Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) framed in Hindi (local language) was performed on 1032 patients (aged 14-68 years).