Prevalence of Oral health Care and problems among Rift Valley University health sciences Faculty students in Adama, south east Ethiopia
Objective: Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping the mouth healthy and clean by brushing andflossing to prevent teeth decay and gum disease. Oral diseases are directly associated with poorpractices of oral hygiene and bad breath. In Ethiopia, there are no documented studies conducted on theknowled...
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International Association for Dental Research (Nigeria Division)
2018
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| Ամփոփում: | Objective: Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping the mouth healthy and clean by brushing andflossing to prevent teeth decay and gum disease. Oral diseases are directly associated with poorpractices of oral hygiene and bad breath. In Ethiopia, there are no documented studies conducted on theknowledge and practices of oral health among health sciences students.Methods: A quantitative facility -based cross-sectional study was employed among 422 health sciencestudents that were selected by systematic random sampling from the registry. Data entry, cleaning wasmade using Epi Data version 3.1 and analysis was performed using SPSS 16.Results: The study showed that 93.1% reported the experience of the participants cleans their teeth. Ofwhich only 49.5% brushed with toothpaste. About 80.3% of the participants experienced oralproblems in their life. 43.8% had gum bleeding, 31.5% had dental plaques. Among 40.8% who hadtoothache, 31.5% of them had tooth decay, 68% had lost one of their teeth due to illness. This studyindicated that risk of dental caries was higher for male 38% (95% CI=31, 45.7) than female 26 %( 95%CI=20.8, 32.4). Predictors of dental caries were eating chocolate, being male and presence of dentalplaques.Conclusion: This study indicated that oral health problems were common among study participants.This need appropriate health information dissemination in all schools that provide academic servicesin Ethiopia. |
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