Research Article | Open Access
GENDER WISE UTILIZATION PATTERN OF ORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN A PRIVATE DENTAL INSTITUTION
B. Aishwarya Reddy, Sri Sakthi.D, Sudharrshiny
Pages: 547-557
Abstract
Introduction
Concept of oral health-related quality of life can be used for the evaluation of people’s needs, their problems, their
satisfaction levels, and effects of intervention provided to them for specific subpopulations as applicable. Many
factors play a role in determining the oral health disparities that exist between men and women. Oral health is
closely related with general health and people’s quality of life.
Aim
The aim of this study is to assess the gender wise utilisation pattern of oral health services.
Objective
The objective of the study is to evaluate the gender wise utilisation pattern of oral health services.
Materials and Methods
It is a single centered,retrospective study with a sample size of 4,915 patients. The data was collected from the
patient record management system using SIMATS from April 2020 to February 2021. The data analysis was
performed using SPSS software and a chi square test was done.The data analysis was performed using SPSS
software (version25). The chi square test was done. The chi square test was used to compare the data and checked
for the distributions at 0.05 level of significance for effect of statistical significance
Result:-A total of 4,915 patients were included in the final analysis. Out of which 52.43% were males and 47.57%
were females. Scaling was the most common and prevalent procedure undergone by the outpatients where 98.80%
of the patients have undergone scaling and 1.20% of them have not undergone scaling.
Conclusion Males show more prevalence in maintaining oral hygiene compared to females.
Keywords
Oral hygiene, Sex differences, negligence, Oral health, innovative analysis