Evaluation and assessment of oral and dental health status in warfare victims in Shiraz 2014

Iran and Iraq war had several psychological damage. Psychic war veterans have more oral problems, because of the side effect of their medicine (xerostomia), maxillofacial damages and variable psychic situation. This manuscript aimed to evaluate teeth and oral health of Shiraz psychic war veterans. This research is a descriptive –cross sectional study. We examined 80 psychic war veterans and DMFT، Bleeding On Probing، OHIS (Simplified Oral Hygiene Index) and mobility were measured. Also the prevalence and types of oral lesions were registered. DMFT mean was 23. 67 ±6. 2, Bleeding Index was 58. 32±29. 65, OHIS and plaque index were 2. 63 ±0. 33 and 76. 06 ±20. 18. 85. 9% of examined patients were free of any oral lesions. Oral ulcers were the most common lesions found in psychic war veterans. Correlation test showed significant relation between just antipsychotic medication and DMFT (r= 0. 267, p=0. 018), antipsychotic medication and OHIS (r = 0. 285, p=0. 012). On the other hand the statistical analysis reported positive relation between BI and DMFT (r= 0. 433, p< 0. 001). Higher DMFT, OHIS and plaque index reported in this study show significant dental care needs of psychic war veterans.