Title

Effect of oral health on daily performance among Indian teachers

Authors

Chanchal Gangwar^1,*, Pallavi Patel¹, Akshay J Melath², Kritika Saxena³, Pooja Pani⁴, Sonika Singh⁵ & Anukriti Kumari⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Periodontology, Guru Gobind Singh college of Dental Science and Research Centre, Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Health Science, Uttranchal University, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India; ⁴Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Awadh Dental College and Hospital, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India; ⁵Department of Public Health Dentistry, Teerthankar Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁶Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, School of Dental Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Chanchal Gangwar - E - mail: chanchalgangwar@gmail.com
Pallavi Patel - E - mail: pallaviids107@gmail.com
Akshay J Melath - E - mail: drakshaymelath@gmail.com
Kritika Saxena - E - mail: saxena.kritik02@gmail.com
Pooja Pani - E - mail: dr.poojapani@gmail.com
Sonika Singh - E - mail: sonikavishva@gmail.com
Anukriti Kumari - E - mail: anukritishrma0@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received May 1, 2025; Revised May 31, 2025; Accepted May 31, 2025, Published May 31, 2025

Abstract

Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) using the oral impact on daily performance (OIDP) instrument among secondary school teachers in India is of interest. Hence, a cross-sectional survey of 1600 teachers aged 24–57 participated in interviews and oral health examinations. About 59.5% reported oral health issues affecting daily activities, with eating and sleeping most impacted. The OIDP showed high reliability (Cronbach‟s alpha = 0.87) and significant validity (p<0.05). Thus, OIDP is a reliable tool for evaluating OHRQoL in this population.

Keywords

Dental caries, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), oral impact on daily performance (OIDP), oral health, teachers

Citation

Gangwar et al. Bioinformation 21(5): 918-923 (2025)

Edited by

Ritik Kashwani

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.