Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude of Medical Students on Oral Hygiene

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

 Oral hygiene is a practice of keeping one’s mouth clean and free of disease and other problems. By regular cleaning oral health can be maintained. It is important to carry out oral hygiene on a regular basis to prevent dental caries.  Usage of floss, mouthwash, etc can be followed for better oral hygiene. Students should be given proper education about the dental care that they can follow on a regular basis to have good oral hygiene.The aim of the survey is to assess the knowledge, awareness and attitude among medical students on oral hygiene

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

 A questionnaire consisting of 10 questions were framed based on the knowledge, awareness and attitude on oral hygiene in an online survey monkey app. The link was sent to all medical students. The questions were carefully studied and corresponding answers were marked by 100 students. At the end of the survey all the data were compiled for statistical analysis.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS:

 In ( Figure 5) 95.45% of the medical students think that mouthwash can reduce bad breath and the remaining 4.55% of them think that mouthwash cannot  reduce bad breath.  In ( Figure 6) 46.59% of the participants have the habit of using dental floss and the remaining 53.41% do not use dental floss. In a similar study conducted by (chhabra) 41.3% brushed their teeth once a day,10.5% of them brushed twice a day and 1.3% of them brushed more than twice daily.

CONCLUSION

 Most of the medical students answered the questions correctly that mouthwash can reduce bad breath.