DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled, Teeth) Oral Health Index in Sweets and Cable Industry Workers

The most important factor in evaluating dental health is DMFT (Decayed, Missing, Filled , Teeth). This research was conducted to comp are DMFT index in the workers of sweets and cabl e factori es of Shahrood (Moghan), a small city near 300 km east of Tehran. All the 127 production line workers of cable factory and 124 workers of sweets factory who had the predetermined criteria were selected. A questionnaire was filled out and dental status was recorded for each one . After analyzing the data by SPSS soft ware the result s were as follows : Mean and SD of DMFT in sweets factory: 12.59± 6.5; in cable factory ; 9.7± 5.4; and Caries free in both factorie s was less than 1% which was neglectable. Mean and SD of DMFT in 3544 yr age group in sweet and cable factory was 11.6± 6.05, and 1O.8± 6.5, respe ctively. With Anova two-way analysis in two groups and with P 0/000, there was a sign ificant correlation between type of work and DMFT which proved the hypothe sis. Accordingly, consumption of sweets and neglecting oral hygiene can be consid ered of great importance in increasing DMFT in the workers of sweets factory compared to the cable fact ory.