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- Title
CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF ATTITUDE, PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ORAL HYGIENE PRACTICES AND DENTAL TREATMENT IN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN SOUTH CANARA DISTRICT. (KARNATAKA).
- Authors
Sharath K. S.; Prabhu, Manavi; Thomas, Biju; Shetty, Shamila
- Abstract
Objective: The purpose of the study is to estimate the knowledge, attitude and practise of the oral hygiene,and dental treatment, and its correlation with everyday oral hygiene practices among the health care professionals of south canara district (Karnataka) th th Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted on 200 health care professionals between Jan 20th to Feb 20th 2013. Two hundred health professionals were asked to answer a questionnaire containing 15 questions. Data once collected was analysed using SPSS software. Results: 56.3% health professionals visited the dentist once in six months. 26% health professionals felt that unavailability of time is the main factor influencing dental visits. Main cause of taking a dental appointment in 33% subjects was found to be dental caries. 54.6% obtained information on oral hygiene practices through mass media followed by 22.3 % who obtained it directly from the dentist. 59.2% brushed their teeth twice daily.50% used medium bristle tooth brush. 48.5 % had a brushing time of 3-5 min. 41.5% did not use any other oral hygiene aid. 28.64% got scaling done in the last 3-6 months. 56% did not have an habit of using a tooth pick. 43.3% used combination of circular, vertical and horizontal method of brushing. 45.5% felt that scaling caused loss of enamel. Conclusion: It appears that knowledge, attitude, and behaviour attitude, practice and knowledge of oral hygiene practices and dental treatment in health care professionals in South Canara district is gud. Though more information needs to be provided about other oral hygiene aids.
- Subjects
KARAVALI (India); ORAL hygiene; PRACTICE of dentistry; HEALTH attitudes; MEDICAL personnel; DENTAL caries
- Publication
Nitte University Journal of Health Science, 2014, Vol 4, Issue 4, p28
- ISSN
2249-7110
- Publication type
Article