Background: Oral diseases are a major public health concern owing to their high prevalence and their effects on the individual’s quality of life. One of the most important factors that decide the dental health of a population is the outlook of its people toward their dentition. The aim of the survey is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the oral health among multipurpose workers in a private educational institute located in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted among the multipurpose working in a private educational institute to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding oral health. A self-administered 15 items of questionnaires distributed among them and was collected back. A total of 150 participants were included in the study. After that questionnaire was collected and oral hygiene awareness were provided to them.Results: The study results showed that total of 150 participants were enrolled with mean age group of 41.7%. Among the study participants, 40% has the satisfactory knowledge towards the oral hygiene. 24.7% of the participants had the habit of using tobacco products. On overall, the multipurpose workers showed a good oral health maintenance towards the 54%. 8.7% of the population showed unsatisfactory results for oral hygiene maintenance.Conclusions: The study concluded the oral hygiene knowledge, attitude, practice among the multipurpose workers was fair with few unsatisfactory responses. Hence it is necessary to focus on the vulnerable population on preventing oral hygiene disease by providing affordable, accessible oral health care.

Background: Patient satisfaction and the nature of the doctor patient relationship have been investigated as potential keys to better understanding the healthcare process. Therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate patient satisfaction at various rural outreach dental camps conducted by the institution over the period of 15 days.Methods: A cross‐sectional study was conducted among patients attending community dental outreach programs organized by the dental teaching hospital over a period of 1 month. A total of 4 weekly and 1 monthly camp were included, and all the subjects who attended these camps were administered the pretested structured questionnaire. The questions were related to the satisfaction level of the patient in outreach dental camps and answers were recorded using a four‐point “Likert” scale with Chi‐square and independent t‐test were used for statistical analysis.Results: The results showed that level of satisfaction among patients were higher in weekly camps (95.2%) as compared to monthly camps that is (80%). The response rate for the weekly camps was 95.2%, whereas for the monthly camp was 80%. Overall patient satisfaction scores reported highest in aspects of dental treatment provided followed by meeting the perceived need of the patient with almost care.Conclusions: Patient satisfaction with the community dental outreach programs was high, reflecting the delivery of quality treatment and positive attitude of the dental team during the camps. The overall response towards need for the dental treatment was also a good response towards enhancing oral health service to public through outreach programmes.

Background: Oral health is a fundamental part of the general health and well-being of an individual. Oral hygiene refers to the practice of maintaining a clean oral cavity to prevent dental problems like dental cavities, bad breath, gingivitis, and periodontitis. Aim was to assess oral health practices among 10-15 years of government school children in Chengalpattu district, India.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1500 government school children aged 10-15 years based on the guidelines of the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology. Each child was asked about the dental hygiene practices.Results: The study population was composed of 545 (36.3%) participants who belonged to the 10-12-year-old category and 955 (63.7%) belonged to the 13-15 years category. While assessing the oral hygiene practices of the children, 86.1% of children used toothbrush and toothpaste as oral hygiene aids. In our study more than half of the students 59% reported that they brush only in the morning that 32.8% of children felt stinky sometimes in their oral cavity. Only around 28.5% had used the service of a dentist during the last 6 months and about 12.8% in the last 1 year.Conclusions: The study results concluded that oral hygiene practices were enhanced among male children when compared to female children and showed a positive attitude in preserving appropriate oral health.

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