Auxiliary delivered school based oral health promotion among 12-14-year-old children from a low resource setting-A cluster randomized trial.

Objectives: This community intervention study compared the changes in oral health knowledge, attitude, practices (KAP), and oral health indicators among 12-14-year-old children who received a school based oral health promotion delivered by auxiliaries in a rural setting in India.

Methods: The interventions in this school based cluster randomized trial were delivered using schoolteachers and school health nurses. Oral health education (once in 3 months), weekly classroom based sodium fluoride mouth rinsing and biannual oral health screening/ referral were provided for 1 year.

Self-perception on oral health and related behaviours among antenatal mothers attending a public antenatal clinic - Kerala.

Background And Aims: Antenatal oral care has been given least priority on a global scale. The study assesses self-perception of oral health knowledge and related behaviors among antenatal mothers.

Method: A cross-sectional study was done among 400 pregnant women attending antenatal care clinic of a tertiary care center in Kerala, India.

Translation and validation of oral health impact profile-14 questionnaire into Indian sign language for hearing-impaired individuals.

Objectives: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the oral health impact profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire into Indian sign language (ISL) using a video format and to evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods: The study was conducted among hearing-impaired individuals attending the National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The OHIP-14 was translated to ISL in a video format.