Oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of adults in China

Zhu, Liguo; Petersen, Poul Erik; Wang, Hongying; Bian, Jinyou; Zhang, Bo-xue

doi:10.1111/j.1875-595x.2005.tb00321.x

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“…It is noteworthy that 75% of the respondents brushed their teeth using traditional horizontal method, which will jeopardize the tooth structure. This inding is in agreement with that of the study done by Zhu et al [6], where 60% of the sample did the same. Surprisingly, ifty-six percent change their toothbrush once in 3 months, and 18% change their brush only when it is useless.…”

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Assessment of Oral Hygiene awareness in Geriatric patients attending OPD at ESIC Dental College, Rohini, New Delhi

Kulshrestha¹

2017

J Oral Health Craniofac Sci

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Aim: To assess and learn oral health awareness and hygiene practices among geriatric patients and also to identify important barriers in the establishment of oral health services, disease prevention and oral health promotion programmes for the same. Materials and Methods:A total of 500 patients in the age group of 50 years and above were selected using random sampling technique. A self-administered structured questionnaire including 20 multiple choice questions was given to them. The results were analyzed using percentage. Results:The result of this study shows an acute lack of oral hygiene awareness and limited knowledge of oral hygiene practices. In Rohini, few people use tooth brush. Conclusions:Hence, there is an urgent need for comprehensive educational programs to promote good oral health and impart education about correct oral hygiene practices.

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Assessment of Oral Hygiene awareness in Geriatric patients attending OPD at ESIC Dental College, Rohini, New Delhi

Kulshrestha¹

2017

J Oral Health Craniofac Sci

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“…Majority of the passengers had never been to a dentist. This present study finding is similar to the study done by the Zhu et al 6 , among Chinese adults where majority of the subjects have never been to a dentist.…”

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“…Misrachi et al 8 and Zhu et al 6 where the toothache was the most common reason for visiting the dentist. Majority agreed that the reason for not visiting is due to high treatment cost, which is in contrast to the study results of Yadav et al 9 , where lack of services and no dental problem to visit, was the major reason quoted for not visiting a dentist.…”

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Perspectives to receive oral health information in bus stands and their knowledge, attitudes and practices of passengers in Rangareddy district, Telangana state, India: a cross sectional survey

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Monica³

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J. res. dent.

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Aim:The aim of the study is to know the opinion of the passengers travelling by bus in receiving oral health information in bus stands through various methods, and to know their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the oral health. Material and Methods:A Cross-sectional study was carried out at ten bus stands of Ranga Reddy district, Telangana State. A 400 passengers were decided to be included as subjects to obtain information by interview method with a pretested questionnaire, for the sake of convenience as sampling was difficult. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test was applied using SPSS version 20.0.Results: A total of 400 passengers completed the survey. Eighty-five percent of the passengers agreed that bus stands should have oral health related information. Forty percent of the passengers preferred to receive oral hygiene instructions printed behind the ticket followed by posters and through television. Fifty-five percent of passengers preferred that oral health informative posters should be pasted near platforms. Conclusions:Majority of the passengers preferred to receive oral health information in bus stands. Hence, efforts should be directed by government in spreading the oral health information among public through this mode too.

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“…[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] However little attention has been paid to the context in which dental professionals undergo motivational and behavioural changes with respect to their oral self care regimens. Therefore, the present research aims at investigating oral hygiene practices and habits among the dental students and the staff in a dental college.…”

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Oral hygiene practices and habits among dental students and staff in a dental college, India.

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Objectives:Oral health is an essential component of general health in one's life. Oral self practices care very effective in keeping up one's good oral health from an individual's point of view. Such hygienic conditions prevent many oral diseases from happening or control them from damaging oral health adversely. To investigate the oral hygiene practices and habits among dental students and staff in a dental college. Materials and Methods: A survey with the aid of specially designed questionnaire was made anonymously, in order to assess the oral health behaviour among these people. Results: A number of 425 dental students as well as faculty members were investigated. Only 34.9% of students and faculty members are following oral self health habits strictly. It was also observed that the staff members were very much concerned about oral hygiene rather than students were. Conclusions: Dental students showed lack of knowledge in their oral hygiene practices. The results show that dental students need a lot of awareness in their oral self hygiene. Awareness programmes must be conducted frequently to boost up the oral self hygiene practices among them for many good reasons.

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Oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of adults in China

Abstract: Systematic community-based oral health promotion should be strengthened and preventive-oriented oral health care systems are needed, including promotion of further self-care practices and the use of fluoridated toothpaste.

Cited by 174 publications

References 22 publications

Assessment of Oral Hygiene awareness in Geriatric patients attending OPD at ESIC Dental College, Rohini, New Delhi

Assessment of Oral Hygiene awareness in Geriatric patients attending OPD at ESIC Dental College, Rohini, New Delhi

Perspectives to receive oral health information in bus stands and their knowledge, attitudes and practices of passengers in Rangareddy district, Telangana state, India: a cross sectional survey

Oral hygiene practices and habits among dental students and staff in a dental college, India.

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