Oral health status among a group of dental students in Yemen

Abstract EN

Background : Both caries experience and gingival health are precise indicators for oral health status.

The purpose of the present study was to determine dental and periodontal conditions among third year dental students in Dahmar University- Yemen.

Methods : Dental and gingival conditions of third year dental students were recorded, they were (57) with age range from (20-21)years, (46) boys and (11) girls.

The statistical significance was calculated using T-significance comparison test.

Results : The results showed a high caries prevalence (96.7) which is higher among females than males with non significant difference, while for periodontal condition; gingivitis scores were found to be equal for both genders which is low grade or very mild gingivitis, both plaque and calculus values were less among females than males also these results were nosignificant.

Conclusion : Oral health status was impaired among dental students of third class which may be attributed to the low level of dental education at this period.