Volume 26, Issue 122, April 2022

Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about dental health among undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care institution in Nagpur city, India

Venugopal Reddy

Professor & Head, Department of Public health Dentistry, VSPM Dental College & Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Background: Dental health is a reflection of general well-being of a person and is thus an inseparable component of the health profile of an individual. Accordingly, a basic understanding about dental health should constitute a crucial component of the medical training. Purpose: To evaluate the awareness towards oral health among students of a medical college in Nagpur, India. Subject and Methods: A cross sectional survey was organized to assess the awareness about oral health among students of a medical college in Nagpur in November 2020 for duration of one month using a validated self-administered questionnaire. Results: There was a significant difference observed between students of various academic years for knowledge (p≤0.001) and behavior (p≤0.001). Conclusions: Oral health knowledge of higher academic years was significantly better than first year students. Significantly high proportion of first year students were having positive attitude towards oral health than other academic years.

Keywords: Curriculum, medical education, dental health, survey

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms153e2136

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i122/ms153e2136

Published: 29 April 2022