DENTAL ORAL HEALTH - ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOR, KNOWLEDGE AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN DENTAL COLLEGE
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2022-04
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Indian Society for Health And Advanced Reaserch
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Background: Attitude and Knowledge of dental student towards Dental oral health plays a crucial role in for delivering a good dental service in total. Objectives: The objective of the study is to determine and compare the Dental oral health attitude, behavior, knowledge among dental students. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey of 155 dental students from third year, ?nal year and internship was conducted from Department of Public Health Dentistry, Paci?c dental college &Research centre Udaipur. A self-administered questionnaire was used to conduct the survey. Convenience sample was the chosen method of sampling. Results: On an average the knowledge obtained by the students about oral health is 73% and their attitude towards maintaining their personal oral hygiene is 61%. Conclusion: It has been found that the knowledge in oral health increased over years of awareness programe and education and the implementation of this knowledge in improving their personal oral hygiene was satisfactory.
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Dental Oral Hygiene, Students, Knowledge, Patients.
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Chowdhery Dr. Divya. DENTAL ORAL HEALTH - ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOR, KNOWLEDGE AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN RAJASTHAN DENTAL COLLEGE. Global Journal For Research Analysis . 2022 Apr; 11(4): 26-27