• Beryl. P.L
• Dr. Arunmozhi
• Dr. Sr. Agnes Glory

Oral hygiene awareness should be evaluated through their dentists. If they are conscious of dental health they will be capable to know what dental practices they should sustain in order to endure the health of their teeth and what practices should they requirement to strengthen to have healthy and strong teeth. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the postoperative depression among the dental patients and to analyze the depression level of the dental patients. Two hundred respondents of various age groups at random from the population are taken as the required sample size by fixing confidence interval of 3 at 0.05 level of significance. The geographical area covered by the present study spread over the Taluk and hence the sampling design is prepared for the selection of 200 respondents at random from the district using stratified random sampling technique. Among the 200 respondents only 196 respondents responded all questions. Out of 196 respondents 20 have (0-4) no/minimal depression, 54 have (5-9) mild depression, and 77 have (10-14) moderate level of depression and 55 people have (15-19) moderately severe level of depression. People with mild depression have to be kept in watch and repeat PHQ-9at follow up, moderate level of depression have to be treated with counseling, follow-up and/or pharmacotherapy. Moderately severe level of depression has to be given active treatment with pharmacotherapy and/or psychotherapy. Severe level of depression have to be treated immediately by pharmacotherapy and, if severe impairment or poor response to therapy, expedited referral to a mental health specialist for psychotherapy and/or collaborative management. A patient’s psychiatric ailment may have a direct influence on dental health and treatment. While it is not mandatory on the treating dentist to identify a depressive ailment, awareness with the patient’s medical history, current prescriptions, and overall indicators of depression could alert the dentist to possible hitches, notify the treatment interference, and perhaps enable a suitable recommendation for assessment of the depressive symptoms.

"Assessment of dental depression among dental patients in AgastheeswaramTaluk", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.639-638, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812491.pdf

"Assessment of dental depression among dental patients in AgastheeswaramTaluk", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp639-638, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812491.pdf