A Comparison of Oral Health Care Behaviors and Attitudes of Freshman Dental and Non-Dental/Medical Turkish Students

Camgöz, Melike; Gürgan, Cem A.

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“…This can serve as a foundation for the development of supplementary programs aimed at enhancing the attitudes and behaviors of dental students [ 24 ]. The Turkish version of the HU-DBI, which had been previously translated by Camgöz and Gürgan in stages in accordance with the literature, was used [ 23 ]. To determine attitudes and behavioral differences in oral health, nine additional items were included in the questionnaire by examining the questions in the modified versions.…”

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“…The HU-DBI questionnaire consists of 20 questions related to oral and dental health and tooth brushing habits, with all questions having a two-point response system of agree/disagree. In a previous study among Turkish dental students, a precisely translated Turkish version of the HU-DBI questionnaire was used [ 23 ]. In this study, in addition to the 20 questions in the Turkish-translated HU-DBI questionnaire, a modified questionnaire consisting of a total of 29 questions was developed by adding nine new questions based on current studies evaluating the attitudes and behaviors of dental students regarding oral health [ 12 , 21 , 22 ].…”

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Evaluation of Self-Reported Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior of Dental Students in Antalya, Turkey

Surme,

Akman

2023

Cureus

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Background Dental students are expected to play a critical role in the oral health education of society as future providers of dental care, and their attitudes on this subject have a possible impact on the awareness of patients regarding the importance of preventing oral diseases and improving oral health. This study aimed to evaluate the oral health attitudes and behavior of dental students. Methodology The Turkish version of the Hiroshima University Dental Behavior Inventory (HU-DBI) questionnaire regarding oral health attitudes and behaviors with an additional nine questions was distributed among 250 native Turkish-speaking dental students at the Faculty of Dentistry in Antalya, Turkey. The validity of the nine questions added to the original questionnaire was evaluated by expert opinion and a pretest method. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The Mann-Whitney U test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis, and the statistical significance level was set at p-values <0.05. Results The mean age of the 250 students in the study was 20.96 ± 1.66 years. In total, 157 (62.8%) students were preclinical (first, second, and third year) dentistry students, and 93 (37.2%) students were clinical (fourth and fifth year) dentistry students. The mean HU-DBI score of all students was 5.95 ± 1.65, and the mean HU-DBI score of clinical students (6.42 ± 1.65) was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than that of preclinical students (5.67 ± 1.59). The mean HU-DBI score of male and female students was 5.63 ± 1.55 and 6.24 ± 1.69, respectively, and this difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The study showed significant improvement in the behavior and attitude regarding the oral health of the clinical dental students compared with the preclinical dental students. Conclusions Among dental students, clinical students and female students had generally better attitudes and behaviors about oral health self-care compared to preclinical students and male students, respectively.

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Evaluation of Self-Reported Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior of Dental Students in Antalya, Turkey

Surme,

Akman

2023

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Assessment of Self Reported Oral Health Attitudes and Behaviors of a Group of Dental Students using the Hiroshima University - Dental Behavioural Inventory in Turkey

ŞEN YAVUZ,

ŞENER,

BEKİROĞLU

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European Annals of Dental Sciences

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Purpose: Dental students play a crucial role in promoting positive oral health attitudes and behaviors among their relatives and patients. Students' self reported oral health behaviors may tend to improve as they progress in their dental education. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the difference in self reported oral health behavior and attitudes of a group of Turkish first and final-year students using the Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 237 students, including first and final-year, studying at XXX University Faculty of Dentistry, were invited. Of these, 187 students (108 first, 73 final-year) agreed to participate. Eleven students (7 first-year, 4 final-year) who did not fill out the questionnaire were excluded. The Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory was used to measure the behaviors and attitudes of the students regarding oral and dental health. Additionally, three items other than HU-DBI were added to the questionnaire. The analysis was conducted using the Chi-square test, and Independent t-test. Results: The responses of 178 students (107 first-year, 69 final-year; 122 female, 54 male) were analyzed. The self reported oral health behavior scores of the final-year students (6.21 ± 1.54) were statistically higher than the scores of the first-year students (5.03 ± 1.76) (p < 0.001). Although the score was slightly higher in females (5.57 ± 1.96) compared to males (5.33 ± 1.27), the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.334). Conclusions: According to the results of this study, education may have a significant positive effect on self reported oral health behavior and attitude of dental students. Based on the findings of university-based evaluations as this study, curricula that can gain positive attitudes to students and oral hygiene programs aimed at improving students' self-care should be developed from the early years. However, further studies that also evaluate the effect of possible confounding variables on oral health behavior should be done to clearly highlight the impact of education.

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A Comparison of Oral Health Care Behaviors and Attitudes of Freshman Dental and Non-Dental/Medical Turkish Students

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Evaluation of Self-Reported Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior of Dental Students in Antalya, Turkey

Evaluation of Self-Reported Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior of Dental Students in Antalya, Turkey

Assessment of Self Reported Oral Health Attitudes and Behaviors of a Group of Dental Students using the Hiroshima University - Dental Behavioural Inventory in Turkey

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