Oral Hygiene Practice among the Students of a Selected School in Dhaka City

Authors

  • Mohammed Shahed Jahan Asst. Professor and Head, Department of Dental Public Health, Update Dental College, Dhaka
  • Umme Salma Abdullah Associate Professor and H.O.D, Department of Children Preventive & Community Dentistry, Dhaka Dental College & Hospital, Dhaka
  • Dilruba Rahman Lecturer, Department of Dental Public Health, Update Dental College, Dhaka
  • SM Abdul Quader Associate Professor & Vice Principal, Update Dental College, Dhaka
  • AKM Shariful Islam Chief Estate Officer and Faculty of Dentistry, BSMMU, Dhaka
  • Md Roknuzzaman Medical Officer, Udayan Dental College, Rajshahi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/updcj.v5i2.27264

Keywords:

Oral hygiene, Practice, School Students

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of the study was to explore the oral hygiene practice of the school children in Dhaka.

Methods: A descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted at M. A. Awal School in Dhaka. A total of 265 school children were purposively selected. Data were collected through structured questionnaires by face to face interview. The respondents of the study were aged between 5 to 13 years.

Results: Among the respondent 45.75% are male and 54.25% are female. Among the respondents 92.5% brush their teeth regularly, 44.2% brushed their teeth twice daily, 52.5% brushed once daily, 56.2% brushed their teeth in the morning before breakfast and 2.67% brushed their teeth after breakfast. Only 1.5% brush after breakfast and before going to bed.27.9% brushed in the morning before breakfast and before going to bed.93.2% used brush and paste for cleaning their teeth. Unfortunately .4% used coal powder to clean their teeth, dy were aged between 5 to 13 years.

Conclusion: The study revealed that, oral hygiene practice of school children may be called satisfactory but there is still scope to improve their oral hygiene practice.

Update Dent. Coll. j: 2015; 5 (2): 18-22

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Mohammed Shahed Jahan, Asst. Professor and Head, Department of Dental Public Health, Update Dental College, Dhaka



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Published

2016-04-07

How to Cite

Jahan, M. S., Abdullah, U. S., Rahman, D., Quader, S. A., Islam, A. S., & Roknuzzaman, M. (2016). Oral Hygiene Practice among the Students of a Selected School in Dhaka City. Update Dental College Journal, 5(2), 18–22. https://doi.org/10.3329/updcj.v5i2.27264

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)

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