ABSTRACT
Oral health may be defined as a standard of health of the oral and related tissues which enables an individual to eat, speak and socialize without active disease, discomfort or embarrassment and which contributes to general well being. Students play an important role in health promotion and to impart preventive information among the family and the society. Hence the purpose of this study was to investigate oral health knowledge, attitude and practice among the educated population
Objectives: To assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards oral health among educated population
Methods and Materials: The study group comprised of 240 people, data on oral health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice [ KAP] were collected by means of self administered questionnaire .The data was analyzed using the SPSS version 16.0 software. The individual scores were summed up to yield a total score and given in subtitles for each question. Frequency, distribution, number and percentage were calculated. The study design was cross-sectional survey
Result: The results showed that among 240 respondents 200 [83.3%] agreed that smoking causes oral cancer, 24 [10%] disagreed while 16 [6.7%] did not know .160 [67%] brush their teeth in correct method , 23 [9%] do not brush their teeth in a correct method while 57 [24%] don't know proper tooth brushing technique . 72 [30%] consumed soft drinks at least once a day ,34[14%] at least once a week and 86 [36%] consumed it occasionally
Conclusion: Result of this study suggest that oral health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice [KAP] of the respondents were quiet satisfying regarding the knowledge about dental care but has to be improved in the other two aspects [i.e. attitude and practice] through oral health promotion programmes. These programmes are needed to improve KAP of educated community