Oral hygiene practices, dental knowledge, dietary habits and their relation to caries among male primary school children in Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia

Amin, Tarek Tawfik; Al-Abad, B M

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5037.2008.00310.x

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“…23,24 In our study the prevalence of daily brushing was reported that majority of the students brushed once daily (71.3%), and 82.5% were using toothbrush and toothpaste , while a study conducted by Amin et al in 2008 who reported that 45% of students were using miswak as a brushing tool. 25 With regard to frequency of teeth brushing, our finding is less than other studies [52.6%] which reported twice daily frequency. Most previous studies report a high rate of twice daily or more tooth-brushing.…”

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Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among male Qassim university students

Jaber

Khan

Elmosaad

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Good oral health not only promotes an individual to look and feel good, it also helps in preserving oral functions. Oral health is considered an integral part of an individual's overall health. The study was carried out to assess oral health knowledge and practices among male students of Qassim University.Methods: This study included five hundred and eight Students from (4) male colleges in Qassim University enrolled in that academic year were invited to participate in this survey using a self-administered structured questionnaire consisted of (16) questions, written in Arabic and was pretested. Results: The students had good knowledge on the basic oral health measures. Majority (63%) of them they knew that poor oral health lead to gum disease, (59.1%) students were aware that maintaining oral hygiene by using toothbrush and paste. The attitude toward regular visits to the dentist were necessary (81.5%), they perceived brushing of teeth regularly prevents dental decay (94.9%), Sweets affected the teeth adversely (87.4%) and Soft drinks affect the teeth adversely (84.4%). But still students had poor oral health practices they brush their teeth once daily (71.3%) and brushed for less than the optimal time of two minutes (55.7%). Conclusions: Students had good knowledge on the basic oral health measures, but their attitude regarding oral health was diverse and practices toward oral health were relatively poor. Oral health education programs should be conducted with reinforcement, to close the gap between knowledge and practice.

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Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among male Qassim university students

Jaber

Khan

Elmosaad

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Diet and eating habits also played an important role for dental caries, in our study a significant association was obtained with milk and rice, usage of these two components gives the protection from caries, and several studies showed a negative association between more intake of milk and rice with and dental caries, a past study gives the evidence that, those non poor children who did not take breakfast daily or ate fewer than five serving of fruits and vegetables per day were found at higher risk of dental caries [6], in our study oral hygiene also gives significant association with dental caries, studies showed bad practice were observed among those children who were found with dental caries [3].…”

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“…Dental Caries or commonly known as tooth decay is one of the common health problem among child and adults, it is a chronic disease, having a gradual increase of prevalence in the world, study showed that, in USA among children aged from 5-9 years old the prevalence of dental caries was 50% [1], Asian Countries also suffering from this problem, statistics from Pakistan reported day by day in different research journals, a study was conducted in sadder town school children of Karachi city, it gives the prevalence of dental carries among school going children was 51% [2], if we looked at international levels among Muslim countries, Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabian Childs also victim of this public health problem, a study conducted in Saudi Arab showed 68.9% tooth decayed among school going children's [3].…”

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Association of Dental Caries with Body Mass Index, Oral Hygiene and Dietary Habits in Larkana and Peshawar City Children, Pakistan

Ali¹,

Khan²,

Uddin³

2017

J Oral Hyg Health

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Dental caries or tooth decayed is one of the major public health problem among children and adults, an increased in body mass index, poor oral hygiene practices and bad diet intake are common causes of increasing trend in dental caries all around the world. In the present study we aimed to see the association of primary and permanent dental caries of Larkana and Peshwar city children of Pakistan with body mass index, oral hygiene and diet habits, a secondary baseline data were used to find the results of this study, total 3358 children were examined for dental caries, information on age, body mass index, oral hygiene practice and diet habits was obtained, 64.1% data were obtained from Peshawar children, 52.2% were females, 7% samples found with none meat intake per week, 5.6% with none vegetable intake, 4.3% with none rice intake and 38% found with none intake of milk in a week, a significant association of primary and permanent dental caries were obtained with body mass index, oral hygiene and diet habits using Pearson chi square test with p-value less than 0.05.

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“…Tooth cleaning with the brush is at the age of two years are rare among children and the age of brushing their teeth is beginning after three years of maturation [29][30][31]. Oral hygiene care practices in the Saudi population seem to start later than the suggested time for the teeth cleaning.…”

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Dietary and Geographic and Cultural Factors as Predictors of Dental Caries Risk among Children in Saudi Arabia ? A Systematic Review

Pani¹

2015

Primary Health Care

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The widespread prevalence of dental caries in Saudi Arabia has been a cause for concern. As the largest country in the Middle East region and with a population of over 20 million, geographic and socio demographic challenges play a role in understanding caries risk in the country. The aim of this systematic review was to use the PRISMA guidelines to conduct a systematic review of the dietary, geographic and socio demographic factors that could influence the prevalence of dental caries in Saudi Arabia. A review of the MEDLINE, Pubmed Central, Google Scholar and EBSCO databases revealed 47 relevant articles. This review discusses the through the findings of the above mentioned articles the dietary, geographic and socio demographic factors that could influence the prevalence of dental caries in children in Saudi Arabia.

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Oral hygiene practices, dental knowledge, dietary habits and their relation to caries among male primary school children in Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: The poor oral hygiene practices, lack of parental guidance and appropriate dental health knowledge with frequent exposure to cariogenic foods in addition to socio-demographics are the main risk factors for dental decay among the surveyed students.

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Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among male Qassim university students

Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among male Qassim university students

Association of Dental Caries with Body Mass Index, Oral Hygiene and Dietary Habits in Larkana and Peshawar City Children, Pakistan

Dietary and Geographic and Cultural Factors as Predictors of Dental Caries Risk among Children in Saudi Arabia ? A Systematic Review

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