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Evaluation of Tooth Brushing Habits, Attitudes and Oral Care Motivation Resources of Oral and Dental Health Program an...
ISSN: 2687 - 5365
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Evaluation of Tooth Brushing Habits, Attitudes and Oral Care Motivation Resources of Oral and Dental Health Program an...
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Abstract
Dental assistants, are member of the dental care. Along with dentists, they play an important role in the dental clinics. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate oral hygiene habits, tooth brushing motivation factors of a group of oral and dental assistant (DA) and dental (D) students.This student-based cross-sectional study was carried out by conducting a self administered questionnaire of a total of 142 students, 68 of whom were dental assistant and 74 of them were dental students. In this self-report questionnaire, the demography, duration and frequency of oral hygiene habits, motivating factor in brushing teeth were investigated. Dental students brushed twice a day but the vast majority (94%) of dental assistant students brushed at least once a day. Among those 76.1% them reported they brushed at least 2. While there was a statistically significant difference in brushing rate between D and DA students (p 0.05). Among th...
