Oral Health Behavior and Tobacco Usage of Coal Mine Workers in Tamil Nadu
89.7% of Mine I workers had cleaned their teeth once daily. In Mine I, the subjects who used finger and tooth powder for cleaning their teeth were 18.8%, those using finger and toothpaste were 2%, and tooth brushes and powder were 0.6%.
Authors
- Gowrishankar Sekar
- Nagappan Nagappan
- Merlin Jayaraj
- Kavitha Thirumurugan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4099)
- Dylan R. Pillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-5551)
- Kamalashankar Palaneeswaran
- K. Ravichandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-3572)
- P Iyyaparaj
Institutions
- Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IN)
- Chettinad Health City (IN)
- SRM Dental College (IN)
- Department of Public (IN)
- Ragas Dental College & Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_878_24
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00