Background: Due to lack of awareness there is not much importance given to oral health and therefore it gets neglected. The school oral health programs are an efficient way of providing and promoting oral health amongst the children of developed nations. The present study was conducted with the aim to evaluate the oral health status amongst children of the district. Materials and methods: This crossectional study included 520 subjects reporting to the hospital of the district.Complete aseptic conditions were followed for the examination of the subjects. Oral hygiene of the subjects was also estimated using simplified oral hygiene index by Loe and silness. Chi square test and student t test were used for the analysis of the data. Probability value of less than 0.05 was regarded as significant. Results: The present study included 520 subjects, out of which 260 were government school students and 260 were private school students. There were 312 boys (60%) and rest girls. The mean age of the subjects was 16.36+/- 3.42 years.In group A the mean oral hygiene score amongst government and private school students was 2.9+/-1.5 and 0.8+/- 0.3 respectively. In group B the mean DMFT score was 0.9+/- 1.1 and 0.7+/-0.5 amongst the government and private school students.  Conclusion: From the present study it can be concluded that oral health was poor amongst government school students. There is a need to reinforce the dental awareness and education amongst children of both government and private schools.
Keywords: Dental, Oral hygiene, Students

Corresponding Author: Dr. Sahil Mhay, Private Practitioner, BDS, Saroa Dental Clinic, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
This article may be cited as: Mhay S. Oral Health Status amongst Children of Government and Private School- A Comparative Survey. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(3):35-37.