Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes and  Practice Behaviour among Secondary  School Children in Chandigarh

Blaggana, Anshu; Grover,; Anjali, .; Kapoor, Ankita; Blaggana,; Tanwar, R. K.; Kaur, Hashmit; Rk, Haneet

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/23640.8633

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“…The vast majority of the schoolchildren had satisfactorily understood the importance of good oral health for the maintenance of general health, similar to the results of other studies [5,11,22,[26][27][28][29][30][31]. Similar to reports by Al-Darwish et al [22], information about the functions of the teeth, such as chewing, appearance, and talking, was reported by most of the schoolchildren, whereas chewing was considered as the most important function of the teeth in a study done in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [11].…”

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“…Around two-thirds of the schoolchildren did not know about fluoride, whereas a few schoolchildren thought it was for whitening teeth. Many studies conducted worldwide found that most children have no idea about the roles of fluoride in strengthening the teeth and preventing dental caries [3,11,12,15,22,31]. Their results differ from those obtained by Amarlal et al [5], Smyth et al [13], and Graca et al [30] who found that students knew about fluoride and that it could prevent dental caries and strengthen the teeth.…”

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Knowledge and Practice of Preventive Measures for Oral Health Care among Male Intermediate Schoolchildren in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Al-Qahtani

Razak

Khan

2020

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The aims of this study were to evaluate oral health knowledge and assess the practice of preventive measures for oral health care among intermediate schoolchildren in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Information about oral health was collected through a questionnaire containing closed-ended questions, which was distributed to children of six randomly selected intermediate schools. Most (82.3%) of the schoolchildren were aware that good oral health is important for general health. The priority for oral health information was given to dentists (31.6%), whereas teachers were given the least priority (19.1%). About half (53.5%) of the schoolchildren reported that sweets are the cause of dental caries, and 47.1% of them related pain with dental caries. More than half (58.8%) took sweets between meals. Most of them (69.6%) visited a dentist because of pain. Two-thirds (66.9%) of the children did not brush their teeth daily, and most (78%) did not use dental floss. A large number (62.7%) of the schoolchildren stated that rinsing with water after each meal is the best way to keep their gums healthy. For boys in intermediate schools, properly designed oral health educational programs should be implemented to improve their knowledge and behavior toward oral health.

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Knowledge and Practice of Preventive Measures for Oral Health Care among Male Intermediate Schoolchildren in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Al-Qahtani

Razak

Khan

2020

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“…20 Survey done by Blaggana et al revealed that only 40% senior secondary school children in Chandigarh brushed twice daily and about 17% reported use of dental floss and 20% used either mouthwash or tongue cleaner as adjuncts. 21 Likewise to present study Thakre et al in Nagpur found satisfactory cleaning of the external genitalia was practiced by only 33.85% of the adolescents, also very poor results were found by Steele et al in Nairobi and they found that just 17.1% of men ever washed genital aside bathing. 22,23 Contradictory to present study Seenivasan et al found that 70.40% of students used to wear daily washed clothes, wheras Sevil et al conducted a study in Sakayra state student dormitrary and unlike present study they found that just 47.2% students used to change underwear daily.…”

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Assessment of the hygiene and sanitation practices of students of class VI to IX in urban government inter college at Allahabad district, India

Anand

Prakash

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Hygiene and sanitation practices directly affect health status, and students can be easily educated for correct practices, which can be a cheap and effective measure for disease prevention, also it will reduce absenteeism due to illness in schools. This research paper was designed to assess the factors influencing hygiene and sanitation practices among school children.Methods: It is a cross-sectional descriptive study, sample size was 400. Data was collected between August 2017 and December 2017 by using structured questionnaire on general hygiene and sanitation practices.Results: It was found that only 61.5% of students wash their hand before meals, merely 16.75% of them were practicing proper dental hygiene, 41.25% of them clean genitals properly, whereas 52.25% students daily consumes food from vendors. Significant difference in sanitation and hygiene practices was found regarding education of father, education of mother and socioeconomic status.Conclusions: Hygiene and sanitation practices among students are not satisfactory and there is scope for improvement.

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“…Frente al uso del cepillo dental la mayoría lo utilizan y en con frecuencia mayor de dos veces, en este sentido, Gómez en 2007 reportó en su estudio respecto a la frecuencia del cepillado que el 93,8 % de los niños lo hacía menos de 2 veces al día(36), Folayan indica que las madres (82,4 %) informaron cepillado de dientes una vez al día y Anshu reveló que solo el 40 % de los sujetos se cepillaban dos veces al día en población escolar (32,37).…”

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Creencias, conocimientos y prácticas de madres respecto a la salud bucal en Popayán, Colombia

Reina

Ordóñez

2019

Univ Odontol

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Antecedentes: Las madres ejercen influencia frente a hábitos en salud de la familia y de los niños, el estudio de los conocimientos, prácticas y creencias de las madres con respecto a la salud y la enfermedad bucodental de sus hijos es relevante para la salud pública local y regional, situación que ha sido muy poco estudiada. Objetivo: Determinar las creencias, conocimientos y prácticas acerca de la salud bucal que tienen las madres de niños menores de cinco años que asisten a la red pública de salud de la ciudad de Popayán, Colombia. Métodos: Estudio observacional descriptivo analítico, encuesta a 288 madres que llevan a sus hijos al programa de crecimiento y desarrollo, se realizó análisis estadístico según frecuencia y distribución a través del SK Test, Test de Chi Cuadrado, test de Fischer o prueba T Student, considerándolos estadísticamente significativos cuando p ≤ 0,05. Resultados: El promedio de edad de las mujeres encuestadas fue de 28 años, 20,5 % consideró que los dientes solo deben durar algunos años, 76,4 % cree que el riesgo de padecer caries dentales es debido a malos hábitos, 55,9 % manifestó no conocer lo qué es la caries dental, 87,1 % conoce como se evita la caries dental, 35,9 % de los menores duermen en mayor medida con el tetero. Conclusiones: Las madres presentan un nivel adecuado de conocimientos para salud dental, enfermedades de la boca y prevención, Se observó que las madres más jóvenes llevan a sus mayoritariamente a servicios de prevención.

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Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Behaviour among Secondary School Children in Chandigarh

Cited by 38 publications

References 27 publications

Knowledge and Practice of Preventive Measures for Oral Health Care among Male Intermediate Schoolchildren in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and Practice of Preventive Measures for Oral Health Care among Male Intermediate Schoolchildren in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Assessment of the hygiene and sanitation practices of students of class VI to IX in urban government inter college at Allahabad district, India

Creencias, conocimientos y prácticas de madres respecto a la salud bucal en Popayán, Colombia

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