24Jul 2017

ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS AMONG DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS

  • Dentist,BDS, FAGE, PGDCR, PGDMLS, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, U.P.
  • Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, U.P.
  • Professor and Head, Department of Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, U.P.
  • Dentist,BDS, FAGE, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, U.P.
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Oral health is an integral part of general health and a valuable asset for any individual. Oral health has always remained a neglected entity. People have underestimated consequences of bad oral health, which have led to bigger problems which later on become difficult to treat. Unawareness regarding our oro‑dental health highly depends on one?s educational level. Preventive oral health education is in a transition stage in India. Despite the current emphasis on prevention in dental education, and although there have been some studies of the attitude, habits, and awareness among dental students and dentist, very few studies have focused on the orientation of the attitude, knowledge and awareness among professions other than dental like Medical, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Engineering and MBA. To our knowledge, no study exists on the attitude, habits, and awareness towards oral and dental health care among different professionals like Dental, Medical, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Engineering and MBA in Meerut city. The article assessing the attitude, habits, and awareness about oral and dental health care amongst professional students is sparse. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the level oral and dental health attitude, habits and awareness amongst different professional students in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh during the academic year 2014-15.

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[Mohit Mangla, Preeti Sharma, Nikhil Srivastava, Monis Raza, Nida Nafees and Ankit Negi. (2017); ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS AMONG DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1529-1541] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr. Mohit Mangla
BDS, FAGE, PGDCR, PGDMLS, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, U.P.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4867      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4867

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