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Knowledge and attitudes towards oral and dental health among seventh and eighth grade students compared with their teeth examination

Authors:

  • H. Dag
    Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul, Turkey
  • A. K. Fenercioglu
    Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Family Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
  • E. A. Ozyildiz
    Ozyildiz Oral and Dental Health Clinic, Manisa, Turkey
  • H. Karinca
    Ozyildiz Oral and Dental Health Clinic, Manisa, Turkey
  • G. Can
    Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Public Health Department, Istanbul, Turkey
  • G. Karatekin
    Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children´s Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2021.22.03.4

ABSTRACT


Aim

Oral and dental heath are important aspects of general health and impact the quality of life and well-being. In this study, we aimed to assess the level of knowledge and attitudes towards oral and dental health and to examine the relative effect of social-behavioural risk factors on caries and other teeth problems among seventh and eighth grade students.

Methods

Study Design: The study population consisted of all seventh and eighth graders who started the 2011 school year in Sarigol village of the Manisa city, Turkey (n = 377). Data were gathered by questionnaires which were carried out before tooth examination. Associations between sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge items, attitudinal factors and number of dental caries, dental fillings and teeth loss were studied.

Results

Oral health was worse among females (p=0.002). As the number of children under care increased in the house, the number of dental filling and teeth loss increased in the students (p= 0.001 and p=0.021). Education of mothers of students who had worse dental health was significantly lower compared to the others (p=0.029). Among students who had four and more dental caries and dental fillings, frequency of dentist visit was lower (p= 0.034 and p= 0.005). Among students who had more dental caries, the knowledge that consumption of acidic beverages is not good for oral health was less prevalent (p=0.011). Statistics: Associations between sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge items, attitudinal factors and number of dental caries, dental fillings and teeth loss were studied using chi-square test.

Conclusion

Health authorities should strengthen the implementation of oral disease prevention and oral health promotion programs rather than traditional curative care. Community-oriented education programs for students and their families are crucial for this purpose

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Publication date:

September /2021

Issue:

Vol.22 – n.3/2021

Page:

199 – 203

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Topic:

Prevention and lifestyle

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Harvard: H. Dag, A. K. Fenercioglu, E. A. Ozyildiz, H. Karinca, G. Can, G. Karatekin (2021) "Knowledge and attitudes towards oral and dental health among seventh and eighth grade students compared with their teeth examination", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 22(3), pp199-203. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2021.22.03.4
Vancouver: H. Dag, A. K. Fenercioglu, E. A. Ozyildiz, H. Karinca, G. Can, G. Karatekin. Knowledge and attitudes towards oral and dental health among seventh and eighth grade students compared with their teeth examination. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2021Sep.1 [cited 2023Jun.10];22(3):199-203. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/knowledge-and-attitudes-towards-oral-and-dental-health-among-seventh-and-eighth-grade-students-compared-with-their-teeth-examination/
MLA: H. Dag, A. K. Fenercioglu, E. A. Ozyildiz, H. Karinca, G. Can, G. Karatekin Knowledge and attitudes towards oral and dental health among seventh and eighth grade students compared with their teeth examination. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2021;22(3):199-203

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