dental health status in hospitalized psychiatric patients in sistan and baluchestan province, iran

conclusions the results of this study indicated that effective dental care is needed for improvement of the dental health status of hospitalized patients with psychiatric disorders. background psychiatric disorders to various reasons such side effects of psychiatric drugs, poor oral hygiene and poor diet and are known as risk factors for development oral health problems. objectives this study was conducted to determine the dental status in hospitalized psychiatric patients in sistan and baluchestan province, iran. patients and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 patients in the only psychiatric hospital in this province. dental status was assessed through measuring the mean of the number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft index). the collected data was analyzed using t-test, analysis of variance and tukey test. results the mean dmft score among the patients was 13.75 ± 7.8. there were statistically significant associations between age, duration of mental illness, duration of medication usage, education level, and tooth brushing frequency and dmft index (p < 0.05). differences of dmft indexes with sex and type of psychiatric disorders were not statistically significant.