The prevalence of chronic periodontitis among the endangered toto tribe of India

• Main Authors: Sudarshana Mukherjee, Sohini Banerjee, Chhanda Biswas, P K Bandopadhyay
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
• Series: Journal of International Clinical Dental Research Organization
• Subjects: chronic periodontitis; homogenous; toto tribe
• Online Access: http://www.jicdro.org/article.asp?issn=2231-0754;year=2021;volume=13;issue=1;spage=58;epage=62;aulast=Mukherjee

Background: The endangered Toto tribe of North Bengal is unique in their traditional oral hygiene practices. Aims & objective: To evaluate the prevalence of chronic periodontitis in the unique genetically homogenous population and also to assess their oral hygiene status. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on the population with help of two stage approach involving both preformed set of questionaries' and also the intra-oral examination in accordance with standard guidelines. Results and Observations: The data were subjected to statistical analysis and significant association was found between loss of attachment, oral habits, OHI-S scores. CPI scores could be positively associated with OHI-S scores. Discussion and Conclusion: It was observed that despite of having predominantly fair OHI-S scores, high prevalence of deleterious oral habits and other local factors, prevalence of periodontal disease was low among the population.