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A study to assess the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children of selected school, Guwahati.

Author(s) Ms. Yumnam Anita Devi, Ms. Ashma Begum, Ms. Afsana Siddika, Ms. Bandana Luwang, Ms. Baharjan Nessa, Ms Almina Khatun, Ms. Angel Mam Techi Tara, Ms. Amena Begum, Ms. Bharti Pegu, Ms. Afrin Sultana, Ms. Andalip Kh
Country India
Abstract BACKGROUND:
Oral health is another essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to staying healthy. The health of the child is the power of the nation. Children are one third of our population and all of our future.
Dental hygiene is defined as the science and practice of the recognition, treatment and prevention of the oral diseases. Oral diseases are highly prevalent worldwide. A good quality of life is possible if students maintain their oral health and become free oral disease.
In 2023 , almost half of the world’s population approximately 3.5 billion people, suffer from oral disease . This number has increased by 1 billion over the last 30 years. The researcher also had an experience from community visit and clinical posting that there are a large number of students suffering from dental caries due to various reasons therefore the researcher felt necessary to conduct a study to assess the knowledge on oral hygiene among school children.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
“A study to assess the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children of selected school, Guwahati.”
OBJECTIVES:
1. To assess the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children of selected school, Guwahati.
2. To find out the association between knowledge and selected socio demographic variables regarding oral hygiene among children.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Quantitative non experimental descriptive research designs were adopted for the study. In this study 100 school children of The Scholar School, Guwahati, were selected using convenience sampling technique. The tool used for the study are demographic variables and self structured knowledge questionnaire. The analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistic in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and chi square.
RESULT:
The result shows that out of 100 participants 77(77%) had moderate knowledge, 13(13%) had inadequate knowledge and 10(10%) had adequate knowledge on oral hygiene.
CONCLUSION:
The main aim of the present study was to assess the level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children of selected school, Guwahati.
The findings of the study reveal that
- There is a association between level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children with their selected socio-demographic variables showed that educational qualification was found significant and other demographic variables such as age, gender and place of residence were found to be non significant with knowledge regarding oral hygiene among children.
Keywords Assess, Knowledge , Oral Hygiene, Student, school
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-07-06
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.50042
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9s9f3
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