Effect of westernization on oral health among college students of Udaipur City,India

• Published in: Military Medical Research Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 194 - 201
• Main Authors: Pujara, Piyush, Sharma, Neeraj, Parikh, Rujul Jayeshkumar, Shah, Maitri, Parikh, Shachi, Vadera, Vivek, Kaur, Manpreet, Makkar, Isha, Parmar, Mayur, Rupakar, Pratik, Patel, Shrikant
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 26.10.2016; Department of Public Health Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Airport Road, Debari, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India%Department of Prosthodontics, Modern Dental College and Research Centre,Indore, India%Dr.D.y.Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India%Faculty of Dental Science, Ndaiad, Gujarat, India%Department of Oral Medicine, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Ahmedabad, India%Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, India%Pacific Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur, India%Department of Periodontics, Goenka Research Institute of Dental Science, Piplaj Gandhinagar, India%Department of Dentistry, Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Science, Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India%Department of Oral Pathology, Pacific Dental College and Hospital,Udaipur, India
• Subjects: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Caries - epidemiology; Female; Humans; India - epidemiology; Male; Medical research; Oral Health - ethnology; Oral Health - statistics & numerical data; Periodontal Diseases - epidemiology; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Students - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult; Dental caries; Periodontal disease; Westernization; Food
• ISSN: 2095-7467; 2054-9369; 2054-9369
• DOI: 10.1186/s40779-016-0103-4

Background:There is overwhelming evidence that periodontal disease and dental caries affect the majority of populations and that western culture and lifestyle may have a profound influence on oral health,especially in adults.The present study was performed to determine the effect of westernization on the oral health of college students of Udaipur City,Rajasthan.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among students attending various professional and non-professional bachelor’s degree colleges of Udaipur City,Rajasthan,India,from March 2013 to May 2013.Eight hundred students were selected based on a two-stage random sampling procedure.Westernization was assessed by a self-administered structured questionnaire.Periodontal status,dental caries status and malocclusion were assessed according to World Health Organization(WHO) criteria(1997).Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square and Multivariate logistic regression.The confidence level and level of significance were set at 95% and 5%,respectively.Results:The present study suggested that adverse habits,listening to English music and preferring English food had a significant association with dental caries and periodontal diseases.Malocclusion also showed a significant relationship with consuming English food for snacks and desserts.Multivariate analysis revealed a significantly greater odds ratio(OR) for periodontal disease and dental caries among those who preferred English food for lunch.Conclusion:Based on the results of the present study,there is an association between westernization and oral health.