Periodontal Status amongst Substance Abusers in Indian Population

Table 1

Comparison of OHI-S score, Russell’s Periodontal Index and gingival bleeding score between study and control group.

		N	Mean	SD	P value
OHI-S Index	Control	250	2.455	0.8446	0.001*
	Substance abusers	250	2.704	0.8228
Russell’s Index	Control	250	2.590	0.8167	<0.001**
	Substance abusers	250	3.683	1.4022
Bleeding on probing	Control	250	22.70	5.139	<0.001**
	Substance abusers	250	9.69	7.209

**level of statistical significance of less than  .001 with respect to Bleeding index and Russel's periodontal index, *the statistical significance of equal to  .001 with respect to OHI-S in relation to substance abuse and clinical parameters governing periodontal disease.