socio-economic statues and oral health behaviours in a sample of iranian students

aim: oral health is one of the most important parts of public health which significantlyaffects on quality of life. the purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic statues aswell as oral health behaviors among a sample of iranian students studying in elementary level.methods: this was a cross-sectional study which was conducted from april 2012 tonovember 2012. data obtained from a face-to-face interviews with students studying inelementary schools of chahbahar, iran. considering inclusion criteria, 300 eligible studentswere selected through a two - stage random cluster sampling. data were analyzed throughdescriptive statistics using spss version 11.5.finding: totally 300 students who studying in grade four or five of elementary schoolstook part in the study. the mean age of subjects was (11± 2.81). of all students, 11/7% (n =35) never brush their teeth, 18% (n=54) never floss and 20% (n= 62) never used mouthwash. furthermore, 94 students (31%) of students had no dental visits regularly. as theresults showed, there were significant relationship between lower parents’ educational level(p=0.02), not to access to dental caries services (p=0.04) and lower income (p=0.03) andreasons for not doing oral health behaviour.conclusion: according the results of this study the students who were in lower socioeconomic levels, doing less dental healthy behaviors.