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| | Article Name : | | Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Practice among
Students of Government Girls Unity College
Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria | Author Name : | | MOHAMMED ABBA ALKALI
| Publisher : | | Bridge Center | Article URL : | | | Abstract : | | Oral hygiene is the procedure for preservation of health of the
oral cavity, personal maintenance of cleanliness and other measures
recommended by dental professional (Esther 1999). Oral health is a
key indicator of overall health and its link with general health is
systemic and reciprocal, when oral health is compromised by diseases
or injury, general health suffers (WHO 2016). Data was collected by
administering structured questionnaire to 280 students. Simple
random sampling was used to select participants. Descriptive research
was used to report the information as they exist. The objective of this
study was to assess the knowledge and practice of oral hygiene among
secondary school students in Damaturu, Yobe state, Nigeria. The study
found that all the students 280(100%) were using brush and toothpaste
in cleaning their teeth. The result also shows that 258(92%) of the
students don’t know fluoridated tooth paste and it’s important.
However, only 24(8.6%) of the students were reported to be using
fluoridated toothpaste. 220(78.5%) were reported to had never visited a
dentist. However, out of the 60(21.5%) students which were reported to
have visited a dentist, 54(90%) of them visited the dentist because of
tooth/mouth/gum pain. The study revealed that knowledge and
practice related to cleaning teeth is good, even though majority of them
brush their teeth only once daily which is below the recommended
standard. There is need for oral health enlightenment and campaign
with regards to best oral hygiene practices among students. | Keywords : | | Oral health, hygiene, knowledge, practice, student,
college.
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