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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour of dental students in a private university
Azhar Abdulrahman Al-Wesabi1, Fatma Abdelgawad1, Hisako Sasahara2
11Paediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, 11 El-Saraya Street, El Manial, Cairo, Egypt.
Introduction:
The positive attitude and behaviour of dental students can be improved during their undergraduate studies and is considered an essential factor in promoting the oral self-care habits of their patients and society in general.
Aim:
This study was conducted to evaluate the oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviours among undergraduate dental students at a private university, based on the year of undergraduate studies.
Material And Methods:
A self-administered questionnaire based on the Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioural Inventory was distributed among 783 undergraduate dental students from 1st to 5th year. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 20. The Mann-Whitney U test and one-way ANOVA tests (Kruskal-Wallis test) were used.
Results:
The scores of oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour between preclinical and clinical dental students were found to have statistically significant differences (P < 0.001). The variation of knowledge, attitude and behaviour scores from 1st to 5th year undergraduate studies was shown to be statistically significant with the year of study (P < 0.001). The study showed significant improvement in the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of the final year dental students as compared with the 1st year dental students.
Conclusion:
Preclinical students need properly designed oral health educational programs to increase their attitude and behaviour toward oral health.
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