Sajida Parveen, Sajal Awan, Aleena Khan, Aneela Shabbir, Muhammad Shabbir, Unber Shafique.
Awareness of personal oral health and oral hygiene practices among patients with coronary artery disease.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;72(S-1):S30-34.

Objective: To assess the awareness of personal oral health and oral hygiene practices among coronary artery disease patients in AFIC-NIHD. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology & National Institute of Heart Diseases,, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from Sep to Nov 2021. Methodology: This study was conducted on 270 CAD patients in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. CAD patients with diabetes or a habit of smoking were included in the study. A proposed questionnaire was used to determine the awareness of oral health and oral hygiene practices. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24. Results: Bleeding gums were reported by 74.4% participants, 90% had some difficulty in chewing hard foods, 82.2% were aware of visible gaps between their teeth; 94% thought that oral health and general body health are unrelated; 14% mentioned that diabetes affects oral health; 80.7% had a habit of brushing their teeth once a day and 6% reported the use of interproximal cleaning aids daily. Most patients visited the dentist because of a toothache; 51.9% had scaling done in the last 3 years. Many patients, 128 (47.4%) had diabetes along with CAD. Conclusion: A significantly higher percentage of poor oral health was reported. Most patients had poor knowledge of oral health and did not practice adequate oral hygiene.

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