The influence of occupational stress factors on nicotine dependence among students of health and nonhealth care professional colleges.

Objectives: To study the relationship between perceived job stress measured using Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) scale and nicotine dependence using Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) scale among students of health and nonhealth care professional colleges.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried on convenient sample of 408 health and nonhealth care professional who were current smokers. Nicotine dependence was measured using the FTND.

The Predisposing Factors between Dental Caries and Deviations from Normal Weight.

Background: Dental caries and deviations from normal weight are two conditions which share several broadly predisposing factors. So it's important to understand any relationship between dental state and body weight if either is to be managed appropriately.

Aims: The study was done to find out the correlation between body mass index (BMI), diet, and dental caries among 12-15-year-old schoolgoing children in Panchkula District.

Influence of behavioral determinants on deviation of body mass index among 12-15 years old school children of Panchkula.

Objectives: To evaluate the body mass index (BMI) and factors related to BMI in 12-15 years old adolescents attending school in the Panchkula district of Haryana, India.

Methods: Our multistage sampling method enrolled 810 adolescents. Demographic data and dietary history data over 5 days were recorded.

Traumatic dental injuries among 12-15-year-old-school children in panchkula.

Background: Traumatic dental injury (TDI) in children and adolescents has become one of the most serious dental public health problems. Despite such a high prevalence of dental trauma, very less attention has been paid to TDI, its etiology, and prevention.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anterior tooth traumatic dental injuries in 12-15-year-old school children of Panchkula district, India, and to find any correlation with the cause, gender, extent of overbite as well as over-jet, and previous treatment.

Oral health in 4-6 years children with cleft lip/palate: a case control study.

Background: Oro-facial clefts are a major public health problem. Children with clefts rarely escape dental complications.

Aims: This study was to determine differences in the dental caries experience, gingival health, and prevalence malocclusion, enamel defects and oral mucosal lesions among 4-6 year old children with and without cleft in Panchkula.