Caries and dental and oral hygiene profile of drug (narcotics and dangerous drugs) users at drug rehabilitation centers

• Published in: Journal of international oral health Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 6 - 9
• Main Authors: Mufida, Lailatul, Setijanto, R, Palupi, Retno, Bramantoro, Taufan, Ramadhan, Cindy, Ramadhani, Aulia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mumbai Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 01.01.2019; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Behavior; Care and treatment; Dental care; Dental caries; Dental health; Dental hygiene; Diseases; Drug abuse; Drug addicts; Drug use; Health education; Mouth; Narcotics; Nervous system; Oral hygiene; Population; Psychological aspects; Rehabilitation; Risk factors; Teeth; Indonesia; Dental caries; oral hygiene; decay-missing-filling-T; drug users
• ISSN: 0976-7428; 0976-1799
• DOI: 10.4103/jioh.jioh_219_18

Aims: The purpose of this study was to identify the description of dental caries and oral hygiene of drug users. Subjects and Methods: This descriptive study has 60 participants. Oral hygiene index-S (OHI-S) and caries severity with decay-missing-filling-T (DMF-T) index were performed. Subjective data collection on the knowledge and behavior of drug users was obtained from the results of questionnaires filled by respondents. Results: OHI-S of respondents was 1.8 and mean of DMF-T was 4.33, which means that the condition of dental and oral hygiene of the respondents was still not good. The mean results of OHI-S score for drug users <10 years of consumption was 1.03, those who consumed for 10-20 years was 2.06, and those who consumed over 20 years was 2.85. DMF-T of <10 years of drug users had mean DMF-T of 1.5, those who consumed drugs between 10 and 20 years was 2.6, and those who consumed over 20 years of 7.9. Conclusions: Overall, most drug users had good oral hygiene and above mean caries severity.