The natural physiological forces that clean the oral cavity are not sufficient enough to remove dental plaque. Tongue movement and saliva flow has some degree of potential to clean debris from facial, lingual, interproximal spaces and occlusal pits but is less effective in complete removal of plaque. At the start of the study the patients were demonstrated the brushing technique and other oral hygiene procedures. At baseline the OHI-S were taken. After that scaling and root planning were performed and patients were councelled and instructed for oral hygiene practices. The patients were recalled after 1 month, 3 months and 6 months respectively to assess the OHI-S Conclusion: It was observed that the OHI-S score were reduced gradually after a period of 1 month, 3 months, & 6 months. It was concluded that better oral hygein practices reduce OHI-S score statistically significantly.
Dental plaque, Oral Hygiene, Oral hygiene index score, Interproximal intrabony defect
