scholarly journals Assessment of Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice for Public Primary School Teachers in the City of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wejdan Ali Al-Johani ◽  
May Gamar Elanbya
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Good Health ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Public Primary School

Background: School teachers can play an important role in helping to instill good health habits in their students. Consequently, teachers need to have an adequate knowledge and a proper attitude regarding oral health. Method and Materials: This is a cross sectional study conducted among public primary school teachers in Al-Madinah city. A questionnaire was distributed in 10 randomly selected schools. All teachers were asked to participate. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. Results:  200 teachers were asked to participate all of them responded. 81% of the teachers were aware that caries are caused by bacteria in the oral cavity. 69.5% of teachers thinks that fluorides strength teeth. 44.5 % of the teachers brushed their teeth twice a day. Only 15% of the teachers regularly discuss oral health topics with their students. 74.5% of them think that it is necessary to treat tooth caries in primary teeth. 70.5% think that dental health education should be included in the primary school curriculum. 64% of them believed that schools should restrict the consumption of caries causing snacks during school hours. Conclusion: Teachers’ knowledge regarding oral health needs improvement. Their own oral health practices are fair; however, their attitude towards oral health is very positive.

scholarly journals Assessment of Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice for Public Primary School Teachers in the City of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Wejdan Ali Al-Johani ◽  
May Gamar Elanbya
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Good Health ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Public Primary School

Background: School teachers can play an important role in helping to instill good health habits in their students. Consequently, teachers need to have an adequate knowledge and a proper attitude regarding oral health. Method and Materials: This is a cross sectional study conducted among public primary school teachers in Al-Madinah city. A questionnaire was distributed in 10 randomly selected schools. All teachers were asked to participate. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. Results:  200 teachers were asked to participate all of them responded. 81% of the teachers were aware that caries are caused by bacteria in the oral cavity. 69.5% of teachers thinks that fluorides strength teeth. 44.5 % of the teachers brushed their teeth twice a day. Only 15% of the teachers regularly discuss oral health topics with their students. 74.5% of them think that it is necessary to treat tooth caries in primary teeth. 70.5% think that dental health education should be included in the primary school curriculum. 64% of them believed that schools should restrict the consumption of caries causing snacks during school hours. Conclusion: Teachers’ knowledge regarding oral health needs improvement. Their own oral health practices are fair; however, their attitude towards oral health is very positive.

scholarly journals Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude, and Approaches of Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers in Mumbai, India

Scientifica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Mota ◽  
Kunal C. Oswal ◽  
Dipti A. Sajnani ◽  
Anand K. Sajnani
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Children’S Oral Health

Background. School teachers have an internationally recognized potential role in school-based dental education and considerable importance has therefore been attributed to their dental knowledge. The objectives of this study were to determine the oral health related knowledge, attitudes, and approaches of pre-primary and primary school teachers in the city of Mumbai.Methods. The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the suburban regions of Mumbai using a self-administered questionnaire and involved 511 teachers.Results. Teachers demonstrated inappropriate or incomplete knowledge regarding children’s oral health. Only 53.2% knew that an individual has two sets of dentition. Moreover, only 45.4% of the teachers knew that a primary dentition consists of 20 teeth. Only 56.9% of the teachers asked their children to clean their mouth after snacking during school hours. 45.0% of the teachers were unaware of fluoridated tooth pastes whilst 78.9% of them were unaware of school water fluoridation programmes. Also, 54.8% of the teachers never discussed the oral health of children with their parents during parents meet.Conclusions. The studied school teachers demonstrated incomplete oral health knowledge, inappropriate oral practices, and unfavourable approaches to children’s oral health. There is a definite and immediate need for organized training of school teachers on basic oral health knowledge.

scholarly journals Oral Health Status and Treatment Needs Among Government and Private Primary School Teachers in Mathura City

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Gupta ◽  
NA Ingle ◽  
N Kaur ◽  
R Haloi ◽  
BK Roy
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Private School ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Government School ◽  
Primary School Teachers

ABSTRACT Objectives To assess the oral health status and treatment needs among Government and Private primary school teachers in Mathura city. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted upon 650 primary school teachers who were randomly selected from the 5 zones of Mathura city. The oral health status and treatment needs were recorded using standard WHO proforma 1997 (modified). Results The mean DMFT was found to be higher in Government school teachers than the Private school teachers. It was seen that among Government school teachers, 12.6 percent and among the Private school teachers 18.5 percent had healthy periodontal tissue (code 0). Majority of the school teachers both from Government and Private schools showed the prevalence of shallow pockets. Conclusion In conclusion the results of the study showed the increased prevalence of gum diseases, periodontitis and dental caries in Government schoolteachers as compared to Private schoolteachers. Regular dental check- ups and practice of routine oral hygiene procedures will enable them to lead a healthier life.

scholarly journals Prevalence and factors associated with dental anxiety among primary school teachers in Ngara District, Tanzania

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene K. Minja ◽  
Anord C. Jovin ◽  
Godbless J. Mandari
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Factors Associated

Background: Dental anxiety has been associated with several negative effects on patients and communities’ oral health. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with dental anxiety among primary school teachers in Ngara district, Tanzania.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study utilized self-administered questionnaire to collect socio-demographic and behavioural details. A Kiswahili version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) was used to assess dental anxiety.Results: The Kiswahili version of MDAS showed good face validity and reliability with standardized Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.86. The prevalence of high dental anxiety (MDAS≥ 19) was 1.2%. A significant higher percentage of schoolteachers with dental anxiety was observe among those with low education; who visited a dentist at least once in the past two years; and those who visited the dentist when having a dental problem. Sex, age, marital status and perceived oral health status did not show a significant difference.Conclusion: The Kiswahili version of MDAS showed acceptable psychometrics. The prevalence of dental anxiety among school teachers in a rural district of Ngara in Tanzania was low. To maintain the low prevalence of dental anxiety and subsequently reducing it, oral health education and promotion on preventive dental heath seeking behaviours is advocated.

scholarly journals Oral Health Knowledge among Private Primary School Teachers in Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-124
Author(s):  
Ghada Misfer Albisher ◽  
Hayat Mohammed Alghamdi ◽  
Saffannah Hatim AlAbbadi ◽  
Nouf Ibrahem Almukhyzim ◽  
Reem Abdulaziz Al Fayez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Riyadh City

scholarly journals Oral Health Knowledge and Attitude among Primary School Teachers of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sami Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

ABSTRACT Background and objective Effect of oral health knowledge and attitude has direct effect on school children so aim of this study is to know the oral health knowledge and attitude among primary school teachers. Materials and methods This was a cross-sectional questionnaire based survey done in 2014. Four males and three females schools were selected using a convenience sampling method. Among them, three were private and the rest was government schools. Approval was obtained from the selected schools. One hundred twenty self-administered questionnaires in Arabic language were distributed among the primary school teachers. Results Completed questionnaires were returned with a response rate of 95%. Among the teachers, 57% were males and rests were females. The mean age was 36.1 years (SD ± 6.9). Sixty-eight percent were between 31 and 40 years old and among them female showed high score for oral health knowledge (80%) p < 0.001 whereas male showed high score of attitude (82%) p < 0.05. Thirty-three percent had 5 and 10 years of teaching experience. Ninety-eight percent were graduate or above. Eighty-nine percent had used toothbrush. There was no significant relation between the teaching experience and the oral health knowledge (p = 0.14) but there was a significant relation between teaching experience and attitude (p = 0.001). In this sample, irrespective of their frequency of tooth brushing, a significant number had good knowledge (p < 0.001) and highly acceptable attitudes (p = 0.001) toward oral health. Conclusion Primary school teachers had acceptable knowledge and attitudes regarding their oral health. Further studies are needed to evaluate and compare their oral health status to their knowledge and attitudes and to determine whether they offer oral health education to the school children. How to cite this article Ahmad MS. Oral Health Knowledge and Attitude among Primary School Teachers of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. J Contemp Dent Pract 2015;16(4):275-279.

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