scholarly journals Peningkatan Pengetahuan KESGILUT pada Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus melalui Aplikasi Teledentistry

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1514-1518
Author(s):  
Valendriyani Ningrum ◽  
Abu Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Special Needs Children ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Before And After ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
Application Data

The parents of special needs children (SNC) problem in West Sumatra is the poor oral health of SNC, due to a lack of oral and dental health maintenance knowledge. The teledentistry application “SpecialSmile” is the solution offered. The aim is to improve oral health knowledge remotely. The method is carried out by preparing educational content in scientific articles or audiovisuals form. Program evaluation was collected by filling out a questionnaire containing 10 questions about oral health knowledge, before and after using this application. Data analysis was done descriptively. The results obtained from 49 users, before using the application only 22.95% of parents had good knowledge and after using the application there was an increase of 80.33% of parents who had good knowledge regarding oral health maintenance among SNC. This program concludes that remote education using the SpecialSmile application can increase the knowledge of ABK parents about maintaining SNC's oral health

scholarly journals Influence of Parents’ Oral Health Knowledge and Attitudes on Oral Health Practices of Children (5-12 Years) in a Rural School in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: A Cross Sectional Survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prenisha Neupaul ◽  
Ozayr Mahomed
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Oral Health Promotion ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

Introduction: Oral health knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of parents have a direct influence on their child’s oral health maintenance, dietary habits and encourage healthy behaviors. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, and attitude of parents with regards to the oral health practice of their children and its associated factors. Methods: A self -administered structured questionnaire was administered to parents or guardians of learners aged 5 to 12 years at a low socio-economic rural primary school in the uGu district, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa to collect demographic variables, knowledge of dental health, use of toothbrush, use of toothpaste, dietary practices and dental visits; practice with respect to dental care and attitudes towards oral health. The questionnaire was translated from English to IsiZulu was used. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to assess the association between parent’s sociodemographic factors with their oral health knowledge and practice scores. Results: One hundred and forty four completed survey instruments were received with an eighty percent (118) representation of mothers. Ninety five percent of the parents (136) had a positive attitude towards oral health with 86% (124) of the children brushed their tongue and 89% (128) of the children brushed their teeth happily. The mean knowledge score was 70% with a median of 72%. Children were significantly more likely to brush their tongues (AOR: 3.20 95% CI: 1.06-9.66) and were more likely to be happier when brushing their teeth (AOR: 4.65 95% CI: 1.41-15.38) when the caregivers were their mothers, and when parents had an above average knowledge score (AOR: 1.86 95% CI: 0.72-4.85) and had positive attitudes (AOR: 3.20 95%CI: 0.46-22.00). Conclusion: To reduce the gaps in knowledge, oral health promotion should be integrated into all point of care contact with parents at health facilities, increased community awareness and advertising campaigns as well as a more focused school health oral program that addresses primary prevention, screening and appropriate referrals to health facilities

scholarly journals Assessment of Oral Health Care and Knowledge amongst University Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Hala Zakaria ◽  
Hina Nasreen ◽  
Ehab Basssam
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Objectives: Good oral heath not only promotes an individual to look and feel good, it also helps in preserving oral functions. The study was carried out to assess oral health knowledge and practices, attitudes as well as their oral hygiene habits among university students in the UAE. Method: A structured and revised questionnaire was distributed to 300 university students that were randomly sampled from the selected universities of the UAE. The questionnaires were answered anonymously by the students and paper consisted of questions to study and assess the prevalence of oral diseases amongst these students. The answers were then subjected to statistical analysis to determine if there is a significant correlation between oral health knowledge and attitude. Results: Data showed a positive correlation with a Pearson coefficient value of 0.4 given at a positive gradient when plotted as a linear graph. The students had good knowledge on the basic oral health measures but still students had poor oral health practices they brush their teeth once daily and brushed for less than the optimal time of two minutes. Lack of time and cost were reported to be the most common causes that prevented visiting the dental clinic. While some students reported no importance to visit the dentist if there is any pain as the second most common reason. Conclusion: Students had good knowledge on the basic oral health measures but efforts towards spreading proper dental education is very important to minimize and prevent the escalation of oral diseases that may develop due to lack of correct dental knowledge. Oral health education programs should be conducted with reinforcement to close the gap between knowledge and practice.

scholarly journals Oral health knowledge of periodontal disease among final year non-dental students of IIUM Kuantan Campus

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basma Ezzat Mustafa ◽  
Noorlide Abu Kasim ◽  
Lina Hilal Al-Bayati ◽  
Fatin Afiqah Zainudin ◽  
Najwa Amani Abu Osman
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Hygiene Practice ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Hygiene Practice

Introduction: To determine the levels of oral health knowledge of periodontal disease and its determinants among final year non-dental students of IIUM Kuantan Campus. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 284 final year non-dental students from five different kulliyyah using a validated structured questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of items to assess participants’ demographic and socioeconomic variables, dental health education, periodontal disease knowledge, and oral hygiene practice. The relationship between levels of knowledge with the socioeconomic background, oral hygiene practice, and dental health education were analyzed using Chi-square Test and One-way ANOVA. Statistical analysis was based on probability values of less than 0.05 (p<0.05). Results: 70.4% (200/284) of the participants were female and 29.6% (84/284) were male with mean age 23.5. Limited knowledge was seen more in non-medical students than medical students significantly (p<0.05) in periodontal disease factors (43.8% vs 21.8%), relationship with systemic disease (50.5% vs 29.6%), signs (28.6% vs 11.7%), symptoms (23.8% vs 10.1%), and prevention (26.7% vs 12.3%) whereas causes (34.3% vs 32.4%) and treatment (62.9% vs 58.1%) were not significantly different (p>0.05). Therefore, medical students had higher knowledge of periodontal disease (p<0.05) than those from non-medical students (26.8% vs 16.2%). There were no relationships between knowledge levels with other determinants. Conclusions: There were significant differences in level of periodontal disease knowledge except causes and treatment between medical and non-medical students. Thus, periodontal health knowledge education promotion should be emphasized among non-medical students. Further study should be carried out to improve oral hygiene practices among students.

scholarly journals Perbandingan efektivitas pendidikan kesehatan gigi menggunakan media video dan flip chart terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak

e-GIGI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakarias R. Kantohe ◽  
Vonny N. S. Wowor ◽  
Paulina N. Gunawan
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Flip Chart ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
Quasi Experiment

Abstract: Currently, the oral health of children in Indonesia is still a problem dominated by caries and periodontal disease. A highly influential factor to these two diseases is behavior. One way to change that behavior is by intervening through education to improve children knowledge by using media or tools. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of dental health education using video media and flip chart in increasing children knowledge about oral health. This was a quasi experiment with a non equivalent control group design. Samples were students of SDN Kolongan aged 10-11 years old obtained by using total sampling method and were divided into two treatment groups: video media and flip chart. This study used the Mann-Whitney hypothesis test with a confidence level of 95% (p<0.05). The results showed that the p-value of dental health education influence using video media and flip chart to the improvement of oral health knowledge of children was 0.000 for each media. The statistical test comparing the effectiveness of dental health education using both media showed a p-value of 0.007. Conclusion: Dental health education using video and flip chart media improved effectively the oral health knowledge of students. Moreover, dental health education using video media was more effective in improving the oral health knowledge of students than using flip chart media.Keywords: dental health education, video media, flip chart media, children knowledgeAbstrak: Saat ini kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak di Indonesia masih menjadi masalah yang didominasi oleh penyakit karies gigi serta periodontal. Faktor yang sangat bepengaruh pada kedua penyakit ini yaitu faktor perilaku. Salah satu cara untuk merubah perilaku yakni dengan melakukan intervensi lewat pendidikan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan anak. Pemberian pendidikan kesehatan gigi dan mulut (PKG) pada anak akan lebih efektif dan optimal bila menggunakan media atau alat bantu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbandingan efektivitas PKG menggunakan media video dan flip chart terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak. Jenis penelitian ialah quasi experiment dengan rancangan non equivalent control group. Sampel yaitu siswa SDN Kolongan yang berusia 10-11 tahun. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode total sampling. Sampel dibagi menjadi dua kelompok perlakuan yaitu kelompok yang menggunakan media video dan kelompok yang menggunakan media flip chart. Penelitian ini menggunakan uji hipotesis Mann-Whitney dengan tingkat kepercayaan 95% (p<0,05). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PKG menggunakan media video dan flip chart terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak masing-masing dengan nilai p=0,000. Hasil uji statistik perbandingan efektivitas PKG dengan menggunakan kedua media tersebut mendapatkan nilai p= 0,007. Simpulan: PKG menggunakan media video dan flip chart efektif terhadap peningkatan pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak. PKG menggunakan media video lebih efektif dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak dibandingkan menggunakan media flip chart.Kata kunci: PKG, media video, media flip chart, pengetahuan anak

scholarly journals ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE BEFORE AND AFTER GUIDANCE FOR PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA TERESA AMOEDO ◽  
HILDA MENDES NERY NETA ◽  
DEYSE CONCEIÇÃO SALES ◽  
WANESSA MARIA DE FREITAS ARAS ◽  
TARSILA CARVALHO FREITAS RAMOS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Autoimmune Disease ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Before And After

scholarly journals Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among male Qassim university students

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 2729
Author(s):  
Mahmoud F. Jaber ◽  
Asif Khan ◽  
Yousif Elmosaad ◽  
Mustafa Mohammed Mustafa ◽  
Nagwa Suliman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Oral Health Practices ◽  
Academic Year

Background: Good oral health not only promotes an individual to look and feel good, it also helps in preserving oral functions. Oral health is considered an integral part of an individual's overall health. The study was carried out to assess oral health knowledge and practices among male students of Qassim University.Methods: This study included five hundred and eight Students from (4) male colleges in Qassim University enrolled in that academic year were invited to participate in this survey using a self-administered structured questionnaire consisted of (16) questions, written in Arabic and was pretested. Results: The students had good knowledge on the basic oral health measures. Majority (63%) of them they knew that poor oral health lead to gum disease, (59.1%) students were aware that maintaining oral hygiene by using toothbrush and paste. The attitude toward regular visits to the dentist were necessary (81.5%), they perceived brushing of teeth regularly prevents dental decay (94.9%), Sweets affected the teeth adversely (87.4%) and Soft drinks affect the teeth adversely (84.4%). But still students had poor oral health practices they brush their teeth once daily (71.3%) and brushed for less than the optimal time of two minutes (55.7%). Conclusions: Students had good knowledge on the basic oral health measures, but their attitude regarding oral health was diverse and practices toward oral health were relatively poor. Oral health education programs should be conducted with reinforcement, to close the gap between knowledge and practice. 

scholarly journals Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Parents toward their Children Oral Health Compared with their Dental Caries status

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-452
Author(s):  
Parajeeta Dikshit ◽  
Senchhema Limbu ◽  
Sujaya Gupta ◽  
Ruby Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Oral Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Habits ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Oral health is an integral component of overall health and well-being. Unfavorable oral hygiene habits cause early development of dental caries. Parents play a vital role in the oral health habits of their children. The oral care for the children can be improved by enhancing the oral health knowledge of their parents.Objectives: The objective of this study was to find out the knowledge, attitude and practices of parents toward their children oral health compared with dental caries status.Methodology: The sample consisting of 168 parent-child pair attending the Pedodontics department from November-December 2017 participated in the study after approval from Institutional review committee. A validated Nepali version of a structured questionnaire was used to collect the information on the knowledge, attitude and practice of the parents about oral health which was compared with the dental caries status of children and parents. The caries status was evaluated using the WHO criteria. The data was tabulated and subjected for statistical analysis.Results: Most of the parents (89.3 %) were aware that dental caries was the most common dental disease affecting children. Around 57.7% knew the importance of fluoride in prevention of dental caries. The children had higher dental caries rate than parents which was statistically significant. The overall oral health knowledge and attitude of the parents was adequate but their practice was inadequate. Inadequate attitude and practice of the parents had statistically significant impact on the caries status of the child.Conclusions: The parent's oral hygiene knowledge has an effect on their children oral health. So adequate education for parents is necessary to improve the influence of their dental health habits on their children's oral health.  BJHS 2018;3(2)6: 447-452.

Oral Health Knowledge and Self-Reported Practices among a Sample of University Students in Jordan

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
Saleh S. El-Qaderi
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Tooth Brushing ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge

This cross-sectional survey gathered data on dental health knowledge from 21- to 23-year-old university students in Jordan, including self-reported dental health behaviors and factors affecting regular dental attendance. A representative random sample of 806 students in their final academic year was surveyed. A self-administered questionnaire resulted in a 93.2% response rate. The majority (51.8%) were able to correctly identify the definition of dental plaque and were aware of the periodontal diseases which could be prevented by brushing and flossing. Nonetheless, there are more participants who incorrectly believed that fluoride in toothpaste cleans and whitens teeth (78% and 65%, respectively), and only 7% recognized that fluoride can heal initial cavities. Female students have a significantly higher level of oral health knowledge than their male counterparts ( p < 0.001). Tooth brushing at least once and twice a day was claimed by 57.8% and 14.1% respectively. Only 10.4% spend more than two minutes for tooth brushing which is performed before going to bed by 56.2% of the study population. Thirty-three percent of male students and 36% of female students went to the dental clinic at some time during the last year and were more likely to receive dental extraction (41.1%) or dental filling (32.2%) at their last visit to the dentist. The mass media (TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines) were found to be the number one source of dental health information while formal academic courses and extracurricular activities at the university came at the bottom of the list of the six potential sources for health awareness information. Appropriate recommendations aimed at raising the oral health awareness and increasing the demand for dental health services among university students are suggested.

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