PERIODONTAL DISEASE AMONG THE GAROS OF WEST GARO HILLS DISTRICT IN MEGHALAYA, INDIA.
- Department of Anthropology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong , Meghalaya, India.
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The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of periodontal disease according the age and sex among the Garos of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya. Data pertaining to periodontal disease was obtained from a total of 202 individuals consisting of 98 males and 104 females between the ages 5 and 59 years through oral examination. The results showed that the incidence of healthy gums decreased as the age increases. On the other hand, the prevalence of periodontal disease increased with the increase in age. A sex-wise analysis revealed that Garo females recorded better dental health than their male counterparts. Beginning of destructive periodontal disease (PI score 0.7-1.9) was the most prevalent dental diseases in both males (27.55%) and females (26.92%). Further, there was no record of terminal stage of periodontal disease (PI score 3.8-8.0) in this population.
[D.K. Limbu, Letminthang Khongsai and Pynkupbor Khongjirem. (2016); PERIODONTAL DISEASE AMONG THE GAROS OF WEST GARO HILLS DISTRICT IN MEGHALAYA, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jul). 2144-2147] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
