A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ORAL HYGIENE PRACTICES AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AT KELAMBAKKAM, KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Scientific Research - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper study was conducted with the aim to determine the oral hygiene practices among higher secondary school students and to assess the association between the oral hygiene practices with selected demographic variables. A total of 169 sample belongs to 16 -18 years were selected by using simple random sampling technique. The collected data were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean were used and inferential statistics chi-square test used to test the significant. Among 169 samples (79.28 %) of the subjects have dental carries, (9.46 %) have complaints of foul smell, (0.59 %) of the subjects had bleeding gums and (8.87 %) have dental pain. (52.66%) of them has lack of time to go for dental check-up. (66.68%) of the subjects received the information on oral health through media. The study shows a significant association between dental carries with student’s habit of carbonated drinks and there is no significance association on dental problems with other selected demographic variables. The study reveals that the oral hygiene practices are lacking among higher secondary school students. Therefore Investigator recommended that a better way in preventing dental carries by organizing Dental screening programme and provide oral health education by the Health Care Professionals at school where they can do mass screening.
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J. ALEX PANDIYAN
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