Awareness, Knowledge and attitude towards dental fluorosis among the public living in Dharmapuri district, Tamilnadu, India after implementation of fluorosis mitigation project.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
A well known endemic fluorosis area Dharmapuri district in Tamilnadu, India with most of the people are suffering from various degrees of skeletal, dental and non skeletal fluorosis, knowledge and attitude towards dental fluorosis necessary in prevention and early intervention after implementation of fluorosis mitigation project were not studied before. Objective: to study the awareness, knowledge and attitude towards dental fluorosis among Dharmapuri public aged 12-25 years living in Dharmapuri district, Tamilnadu, India after implementation of fluorosis mitigation project. Methods: A cross-sectional study random sample of 1000 aged 12-25 years. Data of awareness, knowledge and attitude toward dental fluorosis was collected through interview questionnaires. Result: Among the participants 21% know about the dental fluorosis, 20% know about its signs, 18% believed that it could result from highly fluoridated ground water consumption, 12% aware preventable method. Furthermore, approximately 42% of participants aware of Hogenakkal water supply project. 54% think that project is for water scarcity management, only 7% aware the main reason behind the project is eradication of fluorosis and 52% embarrassed with their teeth colour. Conclusion: Though Hogenakkal water supply and fluorosis mitigation project implemented in Dharmapuri and Kirshnagiri districts since from 2008, poor knowledge about cause and unaware of prevention methods about dental fluorosis are relatively high in Dharmapuri people will leads to poor quality of life and ultimately failure of this entire mitigation project. So, it’s become imperative to provide sustainable and reliable Cauvery river water supply with appropriate extended fluorosis mitigation measures to all the remote areas, may likely to prevent dental fluorosis in future and improve the quality of life.
Authors and Affiliations
*Dr. Kavitha Nanjundan. M. D. S1, Dr. Balasundaram Ramalingam. M. D. S2
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