Determinants of preventive oral health behaviour among senior dental students in Nigeria

BMC Oral Health

Omolola O Orenuga⁴  Ayodeji O Esan³  Taofeek O Ligali⁸  Oyinkan O Sofola⁵  Bamidele O Popoola¹  Nkiru Folaranmi²  Mohammad R Khami⁶  Morenike O Folayan⁷ 

[1] Department of Child Oral Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria;Department of Child Dental Health, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria;Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Child Dental Health, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;Department of Preventive Dentistry, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;Dental Research Center, Community Oral Health Department, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Department of Preventive Dentistry, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria

关键词: Prevention;    Behaviour;    Knowledge;    Students;    Dental;    Nigeria;   

Others  :  1126054
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-13-28

 received in 2013-01-25, accepted in 2013-06-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

To study the association between oral health behaviour of senior dental students in Nigeria and their gender, age, knowledge of preventive care, and attitudes towards preventive dentistry.

Methods

Questionnaires were administered to 179 senior dental students in the six dental schools in Nigeria. The questionnaire obtained information on age, gender, oral self-care, knowledge of preventive dental care and attitudes towards preventive dentistry. Attending a dental clinic for check-up by a dentist or a classmate within the last year was defined as preventive care use. Students who performed oral self-care and attended dental clinic for check-ups were noted to have complied with recommended oral self-care. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression models were used for statistical analyses.

Results

More male respondents agreed that the use of fluoride toothpaste was more important than the tooth brushing technique for caries prevention (P < 0.001). While the use of dental floss was very low (7.3%), more females were more likely to report using dental floss (p=0.03). Older students were also more likely to comply with recommended oral self-care (p<0.001). In binary regression models, respondents who were younger (p=0.04) and those with higher knowledge of preventive dental care (p=0.008) were more likely to consume sugary snacks less than once a day.

Conclusion

Gender differences in the awareness of the superiority of using fluoridated toothpaste over brushing in caries prevention; and in the use of dental floss were observed. While older students were more likely to comply with recommended oral self-care measures, younger students with good knowledge of preventive dental care were more likely to consume sugary snacks less than once a day.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Folayan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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