Oral Hygiene Awareness among Two Non Professional College Students in Chennai, India- a Pilot Study

Oral Health is very personnel health an important health practice for the personal health behaviour that in case of college students those who studying their under graduation. This study aims to find out awareness about the Dental Hygiene among the College Students of Chennai city, India. Methods A questionnaire was distributed to the students of in and around the different colleges in chennai city covering men’s college, women’s college & co-education colleges (N = 219) during the academic year 2008 -2009. The response rate was 70%. The questions consisted information on the general background, of dental hygiene knowledge. Results Dental hygiene knowledge seemed to be limited and very few background factors were associated with it. More than half of the students had visited a dentist during the previous 12 months, but only one third of students were brushing twice a day or more often. Conclusions It may be concluded that the non professional College students seemed to have appropriate knowledge on some oral health topics, but limited knowledge on the others. Their tooth brushing practices are still far behind the international recommendation (twice a day) and also the knowledge, why it should be done so frequently also very limited