‘Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Oral Health Status among School Teachers in and Around Lucknow, UP’

نویسندگان

  • Paramjeet Singh
  • Iqbal Singh
  • Neha Agrawal
  • Pramod Yadav
چکیده

Background: To assess the oral health knowledge, attitude, practices and oral health status among urban and rural school teachers in and around Lucknow. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 797 school teachers of rural and urban, lucknow using W. H.O Oral Health Survey (1997) to assess the knowledge, attitude, practices and oral health status. Descriptive analysis was done and data was analyzed using chi square and ANOVA test. Results: Most of the urban (82.83%:328) and (94.76%:380) of rural school teachers had good knowledge in relation to periodontal diseases in comparison to dental caries. The mean DMFT was more among urban males (2.54±2.40) and rural females (2.43±2.57) respectively. Prevalence of periodontal diseases, was higher among urban and rural female school teachers Conclusion: In this study findings revealed that urban and rural teachers had fair knowledge about oral diseases but less knowledge related to preventive dentistry.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015