Assessment of Tobacco-Related Oral Practices Among Young Adult Workers Involved in Building Construction of Noida Area, India-A Cross-Sectional Survey

Preeti Gupta; Vivek Kumar Sharma; Karnika Yadav; Pramod Kumar Yadav; Prateek Jain; Ravinder Singh

doi:10.36437/ijdrd.2020.2.1.J

Preeti Gupta Senior Lecture Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, I.T.S Dental college Muradnagar New Delhi, India.
Vivek Kumar Sharma Professor Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Dr. Z. A. Dental College AMU Aligarh India.
Karnika Yadav Senior Lecture Department of Public Health and Community Dentistry, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu Nepal.
Pramod Kumar Yadav Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Dr. Z. A. Dental College AMU Aligarh India.
Prateek Jain Senior Lecture Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry & Research Centre, Gwalior, India.
Ravinder Singh MPH, Epidemiologist (IDSP/NVBDCP) Punjab, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36437/ijdrd.2020.2.1.J

Keywords: Cross-sectional survey, Smoking, Tobacco, Laborers

Abstract

Oral health status of an individual is determined by multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Dental health care seeking behaviour is an intrinsic factor that can influence the oral health status of an individual. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among young adult workers involved in building construction of Noida, India. A total of 340 subjects between 18-50 years of age were selected for the study. It contains the demographic profile, which includes age, gender, qualification, employment, residence, and oral adverse habits. Chi-square test and Fisher Exact test were used. When compared with literacy level and adverse oral habits results were significant as compare to residence address.