A survey about awareness of oral hygiene practices among the students of professional colleges in the Pethapur village

Abstract

Background and Aim: Oral hygiene is most important factor for prevention of oral diseases. With educated people concept of prevention and well-being could be more easily understood, irrespective of their course of study. So, present study was conducted to assess oral health knowledge, attitude, and behavior in professional college students. Present study was performed with an objective to compare the oral health awareness among the students of dental, nursing and ayurveda and to compare oral hygiene awareness among male and female students. Material and Methods: Survey performa was prepared with help of a self administered structured questionnaire written in English to assess oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior of students. 500 students who voluntarily agreed to participate in the survey were selected.SPSS,Version 20.0 was utilized for statistical analysis. The Chi‑square test was performed for comparison of responses obtained from males and females. Results: Oral health awareness was high among the Dental students compared to Nursing and Ayurveda students. Females showed better oral health behavior than male students. Conclusion: There was lack of exposure in ayurveda and nursing students about oral health in their education. Hence, provision for oral health education must be implemented in professional courses. [Parmar M Natl J Integr Res Med, 2019; 10(5):82-85]