@article{article_545065, title={Attitudes and behavior regarding oral hygiene among in a group university students: A Self-reported}, journal={Selcuk Dental Journal}, volume={7}, pages={448–454}, year={2020}, DOI={10.15311/selcukdentj.545065}, author={Özdoğan, Mahmut Sertaç and Gümüşok, Mustafa and Sarıçam, Esma}, keywords={Brushing, Interdental brush, Motivation source}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Background: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The
aim of this study is to evaluate the factors of oral hygiene habits, tooth
brushing motivation and toothpaste preference factors. </span> <span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Materials
and methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">
This cross-sectional study based on the hospital was carried out by surveying 759
university students over 18 years of age. The demographics, duration and
frequency of self-reported questionnaire oral hygiene habits, motivation source
in tooth brushing and effective factors in the selection of toothpaste were
investigated. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The level of
statistical significance was accepted as p <0.05. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> As a source of motivation when
brushing among university students, tooth loss was the most common. It was
found that those who brushed the teeth at least twice a day brushed their teeth
significantly longer time than those who brushed the teeth less than twice a
day(p<0.05). The use of the interdental brush was found to be 24% in
addition to tooth brushing. </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">From all the factors
affecting the motivation to brush teeth, the most important factor for the
survey practitioners is the fear of losing teeth. The most important factor for
tooth-paste selection is its whitening feature for the majority of all. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">The
development of oral hygiene habits should be ensured considering Motivation in
tooth brushing and effective factors in toothpaste selection. <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Keywords: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Brushing, Interdental
brush, Motivation source, Toothpaste selection.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Selcuk University}