Background: Oral health is an important part of general health and is determined by various factors such as lifestyle, dietary habits, socioeconomic conditions, occupational environment etc. Indo Tibetan Border Police Force form the backbone for the security of our country hence their oral health is of utmost importance. The purpose of the present study was to assess the oral health status of Indo Tibetan Border Police Force Personnel stationed at Bhanu, Panchkula District (Haryana). Materials and Method:  A cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 (Male-455, Female-245) ITBP subjects, aged 18-57 years who were selected by simple random sampling. ADA Type- III examination of the subjects was conducted by a single investigator and data was recorded on World Health Organization (WHO) format 1997. A p-Value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The results revealed that the prevalence of dental caries was 87.9%. The mean number of decayed teeth was significantly higher among males (3.30) as compared to females (1.69) and in older age group (3.78). The prevalence of periodontal disease was 84.4%. Regarding the CPI scores, (15.6%) subjects had a healthy periodontium whereas maximum subjects (43.4%) had a CPI score of 2. The highest CPI score of 4 was recorded in (4.4%) subjects in age group of 40 years and above. Healthy periodontium was found in (25.7%) of females as compared to males (10.1%). Conclusion: The present study revealed a compromised oral health status among ITBP Personnel as the prevalence of periodontal disease and dental caries was high. This might be primarily attributed to the stressful environment and lack of awareness of Oral hygiene among them.
Keywords: ITBP Personnel, Oral Health Status, Dentition status, Treatment needs, Periodontal status

Corresponding Author: Dr. Karandeep Singh Sandhu, Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Swami Devi Dyal Hospital and Dental College, Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana.

This article may be cited as: Sandhu KS, Gupta N, Bansal M, Arora V, Gupta P, Thakar S. Oral health status of Indo Tibetan border police force personnel stationed at Bhanu, Panchkula District (Haryana). Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2017;3(1):73-76.