Dental health awareness, attitude, oral health-related habits, and behaviors in relation to socio-economic factors among the municipal employees of Mysore city

Shekar, BR Chandra; Reddy, Cvk; Manjunath, BC; Suma, S

doi:10.4103/1755-6783.85761

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“…Our study showed that 205 out of 206 participants were aware of dentistry as a profession, representing 95.5% of the study population. This findings is similar to the reports of Chandra et al [ 22 ] where 100% of participants of high socio economic status group claimed they are awareness of dental diseases. Similarly, Asif et al [ 18 ] also found that 89.9% of their study population knew that there were 32 teeth in the adult cavity.…”

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Knowledge and awareness of medical doctors, medical students and nurses about dentistry in Nigeria

Oyetola¹,

Oyewole²,

Adedigba³

et al. 2016

Pan Afr Med J

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IntroductionVarious studies have reported poor awareness and knowledge of dentistry in the Nigerian population. There is, however, paucity of information assessing the knowledge and awareness of medical doctors/students and nurses about dentistry. The present study is aimed at determining the knowledge and awareness of medical doctors/students and nurses about dentistry.MethodsSelf-administered questionnaires were randomly distributed among medical doctors/students, and nurses of Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospitals’ Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Information collected using the questionnaire included participants’ biodata, questions evaluating dental awareness, knowledge of systemic and oral health connections as well as referral practices. The data analysis was done with STATA version 11 software.ResultsA total of 300 questionnaires were randomly distributed among doctors/students and nurses, 206 were returned (response rate of 69%). Of the returned questionnaires, 129(63%) were males and 77(37%) were females. There were 42 medical doctors, 49 nurses and 115 medical students. The mean age of the participants was 26.7 years (SD 5.2). Majority (99.5%) was aware of dental profession, but 92% had never referred patients for dental consultation. One third (31%) of medical doctors believed that Ludwig angina was a cardiac disease. A large proportion of the respondents (61%) see no need for routine dental visit while 27% would want to visit the dentist only when they had a dental complaint.ConclusionAlthough a large percentage of the participants claimed to be aware of dentistry, our findings revealed low level of knowledge and attitude to Dentistry. Efforts should be made towards closing this knowledge gap to achieve efficient oral health.

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Knowledge and awareness of medical doctors, medical students and nurses about dentistry in Nigeria

Oyetola¹,

Oyewole²,

Adedigba³

et al. 2016

Pan Afr Med J

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“…[16] Similar to the findings of Parveen et al .,[3] the present study also revealed that about three-fourth of the subjects were aware of the harmful effects of excess sweet, cold drinks, alcohol consumption, and smoking/pan chewing/gutkha and other tobacco products on oral hygiene. However, Chandrashekhar B R et al .…”

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Awareness and practices of oral hygiene and its relation to sociodemographic factors among patients attending the general outpatient department in a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata, India

Paul

Basu

Dutta

et al. 2014

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background:Periodontal diseases, dental caries, malocclusion, and oral cancer are the most prevalent dental diseases affecting people in the Indian community.Objective:The study was conducted to assess the awareness and practices on oral hygiene and its association with the sociodemographic factors among patients attending the general Outpatient Department (OPD).Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 224 patients attending the general OPD of the SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India, from 1 April to 30 April, 2013. The study tool was a pre-designed and pre-tested semi-structured schedule.Results:About 69.20% of the participants used a toothbrush with toothpaste as a method of cleaning their teeth; 35.71% brushed twice in a day; 33.03% brushed both in the morning and at bedtime; and 8.93% used mouthwash. About 40.62% visited the dentist during the last six months; among them 61.18% attended because of pain. Almost three-fourth of the participants knew that tooth decay and bad breath were the effects of not cleaning the teeth. It was known to 71.42, 63.39, 70.53, and 73.21% of the respondents, respectively, that excess sweet, cold drink, alcohol, and smoking/pan chewing were bad for dental health. Television was the source of knowledge to 57.14% of the participants and 35.71% acquired their knowledge from a dentist. Females, literates, urban residents, users of mouthwash, and regular visitors to the dentist had good oral hygiene practices.Conclusion:Oral health awareness and practices among the study population are poor and need to improve.

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“…Adolescents from such families are more susceptible to oral conditions that can negatively influence QOL, such as poorer oral health; in other words, they have a greater experience of caries and periodontal disease [ 8 , 26 , 43 – 45 ]. In addition, some authors have noted that socioeconomic conditions are directly related to the presence of harmful oral habits, which could influence the development of malocclusion [ 46 ].…”

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Impact of Malocclusion on the Quality of Life of Brazilian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of malocclusion on the quality of life (QOL) of adolescents in Brazil. We carried out a cross-sectional study in a sample population of 1015 schoolchildren aged 12 to 15 years from São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. The explanatory variable was malocclusion, evaluated on the basis of the normative need or the adolescent’s self-perceived need for dental treatment. Normative need for dental treatment was determined by professional diagnosis, made on the basis of Angle’s classification, the Dental Aesthetic Index, and other morphological deviations (e.g., posterior crossbite, posterior open bite, and deep overbite). We analyzed the impact of malocclusion on the QOL using the Portuguese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile-14. Associations were estimated by using the prevalence ratio (PR) in Poisson regression analysis, with hierarchized modeling. An alpha of 5% was adopted as the criterion for statistical significance. The QOL of adolescents was impacted by malocclusion, classified by a normative need for treatment according to the Dental Aesthetic Index (PR = 1.27; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03–1.56) or by the self-perceived need for treatment (PR = 2.54; 95% CI = 1.81–3.56). Certain sociodemographic variables, including the head of the family (PR = 1.52; 95% CI = 1.02–2.23), greater educational level of the head of the family (PR = 0.32; 95% CI = 0.17–0.61), and female sex (PR = 1.40; 95% CI = 1.05–1.89), had negative associations with QOL. We conclude that malocclusion has a negative impact on the QOL of adolescents, associated with socioeconomic conditions and the cosmetic effects of malocclusion.

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Dental health awareness, attitude, oral health-related habits, and behaviors in relation to socio-economic factors among the municipal employees of Mysore city

Cited by 29 publications

References 26 publications

Knowledge and awareness of medical doctors, medical students and nurses about dentistry in Nigeria

Knowledge and awareness of medical doctors, medical students and nurses about dentistry in Nigeria

Awareness and practices of oral hygiene and its relation to sociodemographic factors among patients attending the general outpatient department in a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata, India

Impact of Malocclusion on the Quality of Life of Brazilian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

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