Research Article

Oral Hygiene Status, Periodontal Status, and Periodontal Treatment Needs among Institutionalized Intellectually Disabled Subjects in Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India

Table 6

Distribution of categorized data.

Categorized variableCategories (%)

AgeYoung: <30 years528 (91.67%)
Old: ≥30 years48 (8.33%)

SESHigh: upper + upper middle36 (6.25%)
Low: upper lower + lower middle + lower class540 (93.75%)

Fathers’ educationHigh: undergraduate + postgraduate173 (30.03%)
Low: primary + secondary403 (69.97%)

Mothers’ educationHigh: undergraduate + postgraduate93 (16.14%)
Low: primary + secondary483 (83.86%)

Degree of IDMild: mild + moderate366 (63.54%)
Severe: severe + profound210 (36.46%)

Oral hygiene status (OHI-S)Good: good + fair282 (48.96%)
Poor: Poor294 (51.04%)

Periodontal status (CPI code)Fair: code 0 + code 1 + code 2329 (57.12%)
Poor: code 3 + code 4247 (42.88%)

Periodontal treatment needs (CPITN score)Low: TN 0 + TN 1 + TN 2486 (84.37%)
High: TN 390 (15.63%)

Institution typeAided374 (64.93%)
Unaided202 (35.07%)