title: Periodontal Health Status of Different Socio-economic Groups in Out-Patient Department of TMDC & RC, Moradabad, India.
abstract: Aims & Objective: To assess the oral health awareness and periodontal health status of different socio-economic groups in out-patient department of the Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre (TMDC&RC), Moradabad, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted on 416 subjects of 30-60 years age group with different socio-economic status classified according to modified Kuppuswamy scale (2012). Subjects were interviewed by the questionnaire and Community Periodontal Index was recorded.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chi-square test (SPSS version 17).
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study showed that the code 2 and code 3 is more in lower socio-economic status (p =0.115 and p=0.079 respectively). Significant association was seen in Code 0, code 1 & code 4 (p<0.01) which is indicative that upper class have more healthy periodontal status than lower.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant association exists between oral health awareness and periodontal health with the socio-economic status of the individual.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Safalya S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kadtane
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bhaskar
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Chandan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Agali
authors.affiliation: Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Himanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Punia
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Manu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre , Moradabad, UP, India .
authors.forename: Swapnil S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bumb
keywords: Oral health; Periodontal status; Socio-economic status