Authors :
Dr. Shraddha Mishra; Dr. Anuradha P; Dr. Archita Agarwal
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 2 - February
Google Scholar :
http://bitly.ws/gu88
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6345506
Abstract :
Good Oral health awareness
among dental students have a positive influence on
attitude and behaviour of their patient pertaining to oral
health and reduces oral negligence among the people of
the society.
Aim : To assess oral health awareness among
undergraduate Dental Student in Lucknow city Uttar
Pradesh .
Materials and methods : A total of 200 dental students in
their preclinical year were selected for the study. Out of
which 100 students were selected from BDS 1
st year and
100 students were selected from BDS 2
nd year . A closed
ended questionnaire on oral health awareness which was
prepared online was used to collect data. SPSS(Statistical
Package For Social Sciences) Software version 21.0 was
used for statistical analysis. Descriptive data was
presented in frequency and percentage .Chi square test
was used to compare level of oral health awareness and
year of study . A p-value <0.005 was considered
statistically significant.
Results: 72.05% BDS 2
nd year students responded
correctly to all oral health awareness questions and
55.08% BDS 1
st year students responded correctly to the
same . Dental students had less knowledge on oral cancer
as only 26% of BDS 1
st year and 41% of BDS 2
nd year
student were aware that most common site of oral cancer
is tongue and 28% of BDS 1
st year student and 43% of
BDS 2
nd year student were aware that squamous cell
carcinoma is the most common form of oral cancer. There
was no statistically significant differences between their
responses on oral cancer awareness (p>0.005)
Conclusion: It is concluded from the present study that
BDS 2
nd
year students
have good oral health knowledge and more oral health
awareness in comparison to BDS 1
st year students. But
both year students possessed poor knowledge and
awareness on oral cancer
Keywords :
Oral Health Awareness, Knowledge, Dental students .
Good Oral health awareness
among dental students have a positive influence on
attitude and behaviour of their patient pertaining to oral
health and reduces oral negligence among the people of
the society.
Aim : To assess oral health awareness among
undergraduate Dental Student in Lucknow city Uttar
Pradesh .
Materials and methods : A total of 200 dental students in
their preclinical year were selected for the study. Out of
which 100 students were selected from BDS 1
st year and
100 students were selected from BDS 2
nd year . A closed
ended questionnaire on oral health awareness which was
prepared online was used to collect data. SPSS(Statistical
Package For Social Sciences) Software version 21.0 was
used for statistical analysis. Descriptive data was
presented in frequency and percentage .Chi square test
was used to compare level of oral health awareness and
year of study . A p-value <0.005 was considered
statistically significant.
Results: 72.05% BDS 2
nd year students responded
correctly to all oral health awareness questions and
55.08% BDS 1
st year students responded correctly to the
same . Dental students had less knowledge on oral cancer
as only 26% of BDS 1
st year and 41% of BDS 2
nd year
student were aware that most common site of oral cancer
is tongue and 28% of BDS 1
st year student and 43% of
BDS 2
nd year student were aware that squamous cell
carcinoma is the most common form of oral cancer. There
was no statistically significant differences between their
responses on oral cancer awareness (p>0.005)
Conclusion: It is concluded from the present study that
BDS 2
nd
year students
have good oral health knowledge and more oral health
awareness in comparison to BDS 1
st year students. But
both year students possessed poor knowledge and
awareness on oral cancer
Keywords :
Oral Health Awareness, Knowledge, Dental students .
