Assessment of the Relationship between Oral Health Behavior, Oral Hygiene, and Gingival Status of Adolescent Tobacco Consumers in Ranchi, Jharkhand: A Comparative Study

Table 4

Comparison of mean plaque score, gingival score, and HU-DBI score between tobacco and non-tobacco consumers.

Factors	Tobacco consumers	Non-tobacco consumers	value
Mean plaque scores	2.38 ± 0.51	0.93 ± 0.22	<0.001
Mean gingival scores	2.6 ± 0.63	0.91 ± 0.18	<0.001
Mean HU-DBI scores	3.8 ± 0.89	8.3 ± 1.60	<0.001

value ≤0.05: statistical significant difference.