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Background: Oral conditions are a prime public health issueowing to the high incidence and their actions on the subject’slife quality. Although only a poor relation is present betweenknowledge and behavior in various cross-sectional studies,there are researches that form an association. The presentstudy was conducted with the aim to determine the awarenessof oral hygiene practices among patients visiting thedepartment of conservative dentistry in UCMS.Materials and Methods: The present cross sectionaldescriptive study was conducted in the Department ofConservative Dentistry and Endodontics, UCM College ofDental Surgery, Nepal. The questionnaire consisted ofinformation regarding the demographic detail like age, genderand questions regarding oral hygiene practice etc. All the datathus obtained was arranged in a tabulated form and analyzedusing SPSS software.Results: The study enrolled 150 patients with the mean age of28.98+/-3.54 years. Horizontal method was opted by 60%patients and vertical direction was opted by 40% patients.There were 16 patients who sometimes resorted to finger andtooth powder for brushing, 12 subjects who opted for neemstick, 5 subjects brushed with salt at times.Conclusion: The study clearly elaborates that there was a lackof oral hygiene knowledge amongst people that lead to poororal hygiene practices.
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Dental caries is very common disease in the world. It is seen in all the age groups. The prevalence of dental caries worldwide around 35% for all ages. Dental caries is more common in children due to poor oral hygiene, food habits etc. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of dental caries among preschool children in Bhairahawa Nepal. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during june 2019 among preschool children. A structured questionnaire was used according to WHO criteria. Study was conducted in four preschools in Bhairahawa, Nepal. All the children of preschool was selected on the basis of complete enumeration system. The preschool children of age group of 3-6 years were included in the study. Children above 6 years, who were not interested to participate in the survey, edentulous arch and children absent during survey were excluded from the study. Data was analysed using SPSS 20 & descriptive statistics. Results: In our study, total children were 190 in which boys were 103 and 87 were girls. In the age group 3-4 years and 4-5 years boys were more than girls. In the age group 5-6 years girls were more than boys. In age group 3-4 years boys were 22.22% affected by dental caries and girls were 21.73% affected by dental caries. In age group 4-5 years boys were 22.72% affected by dental caries and girls were 22.58% affected by dental caries. In age group 5-6 years boys were 13.04% affected by dental caries and girls were 15.15% affected by dental caries. The dental caries was more prevalent in age group 4-5 years. Conclusion: Our study concluded that the dental caries was more prevalent in age group 4-5 years.