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Assessment of oral health attitudes and behavior among students of Kuwait University Health Sciences Center.
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- The Outcomes of an Interventional Oral Health Program on Dental Students' Oral Hygiene.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of web application as educational media in increasing the caries risk knowledge and decreasing the caries risk score among dental students in Indonesia.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Oral Health Attitudes among Preclinical and Clinical Dental Students: A Pilot Study and Self-Assessment in an Egyptian State-Funded University.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Oral Health Attitudes among Preclinical and Clinical Dental Students in Germany.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Effect of Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Periodontal Status among Dental Students.European journal of dentistry · 2019Article
- Erratum: Assessment of oral health attitudes and behavior among students of Kuwait University Health Sciences Center.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
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Abstract
aimThe aims of this study were to assess attitudes and behavior of oral health maintenance among students in four faculties (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Allied Health) and to compare oral health attitudes and behavior of all students at Kuwait University Health Sciences Center (KUHSC) based on their academic level. MATERIALS AND
methodsStudents enrolled in the Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Allied Health at KUHSC were evaluated regarding their oral health attitudes and behavior by an e-mail invitation with a link to the Hiroshima University Dental Behavior Inventory survey that was sent to all 1802 students with Kuwait University Health Sciences Center e-mail addresses. The data were analyzed for frequency distributions, and differences among the groups were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test, and Kruskal-Wallis test.
resultsThe results of this study indicated that dental students achieved better oral health attitudes and behavior than that of their nondental professional fellow students (
conclusionDental students and students who were in advanced levels of their training along with female students demonstrated better oral health practices and perceptions than students in lower academic levels and male students, respectively. Additional studies for investigating the effectiveness and identifying areas requiring modification within the dental curriculum at KUHSC may be warranted.
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