1Sr. Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University Faizabad, Lucknow, U.P., India
2Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University Faizabad, Lucknow, U.P., India
3Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry,Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University Faizabad, Lucknow, U.P., India
4Sr. Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University Faizabad, Lucknow, U.P., India
5Sr. Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, kothiwal dental college and research center, Moradabad, U.P., India
Online published on 24 April, 2013.
Oral health is an integral part of general health. Preventive oral care is important in the prevention of oral diseases. Prisoners are also a part of the society. So this study was planned to assess the association between nature of crime, parafunctional habits and periodontal status among prisoners.
This is a cross sectional survey, with a sample size of 1011 (826 males and 185 females) prisoners. Prisoners who were in the jail for more than 3 years have been included in this study.
Inmates belong to the age range of 18–80 years, with the mean age of 37.3±11.8 years. Overall about (25%) inmates had Para functional habits. Most common Para functional habit (22.6%) was bruxism present in significantly higher proportion (p<0.001) in inmates in comparison to other In hard core criminals Para functional habits (bruxism) was (18.1%) significantly higher (p<0.001) than in pity offenders (4.5%).
It can be concluded that nature of crime was significantly associated with the development of parafunctional habits and also with worsened periodontal condition.
Nature of Crime, Parafunctional Habits, Prisoners
