Periodontal Status amongst Substance Abusers in Indian Population

Table 3

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

Substance abusers (subgroups)	N	Mean OHI-S score	Mean Russell’s Index	Mean bleeding on probing
Alcohol	44	2.664	3.664	14.36
Tobacco smoking	9	2.278	3.978	5.56
Cannabis	7	2.514	3.186	14.00
Alcohol + tobacco smoking	92	2.793	4.009	7.82
Alcohol + tobacco chewing	30	2.937	3.547	11.13
Alcohol + T. smoking + T. chewing	17	2.718	3.429	7.41
Alcohol + T. smoking + cannabis	10	2.960	3.950	9.20
Alcohol/T. smoking/T. chewing + others	41	2.434	3.132	9.07
Total	250	2.704	3.683	9.69