Table 4 Oral health status of children in anganwadi centres before and after training of Anganwadi workers
Oral diseases/habit | Pre-training | Post-training | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 534) | (n = 538) | ||||
N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
Debris | 418 | (78.3) | 291 | 54.1 | 0.000* |
Flourosis | 30 | (5.6) | 37 | (6.9) | 0.468 |
Plaque | |||||
Stage 1 | 403 | (75.5) | 358 | (66.5) | 0.001* |
Stage 2 | 113 | (21.2) | 166 | (30.9) | 0.000* |
Stage 3 | 4 | (0.7) | 14 | (2.6) | 0.033* |
Oral habit (thumb sucking) | 46 | (8.6) | 40 | (7.4) | 0.549 |
Gingival health status | |||||
Healthy | 519 | (97.2) | 509 | (94.6) | 0.048* |
Bleeding | 9 | (1.7) | 12 | (2.2) | 0.671 |
Calculus | 6 | (1.1) | 17 | (3.2) | 0.036* |
Mean dmft | 2.1 ± 3.20 | 1.9 ± 1.4 | 0.060 | ||
Prevalence of caries | 48.3% | 47.8% | 0.071 | ||