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                                                                <journal-id>j health sci med / jhsm</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2636-8579</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32322/jhsm.1357547</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Paedodontics</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Çocuk Diş Hekimliği</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Evaluation of the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of school-age children on oral and dental health</article-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-3365</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yıldız</surname>
                                    <given-names>Semsettin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0059-3603</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ataş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Osman</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240115">
                    <day>01</day>
                    <month>15</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>7</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>1</fpage>
                                        <lpage>6</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20230908">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>08</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20231031">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>31</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2018, Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Aims: It is essential to teach children behaviors about oral and dental health in the early period. This study aimed to evaluate school-age children&#039;s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about oral and dental health.Methods: The population of this research consists of 782 school-age literate individuals who applied to the Fırat University Faculty of Dentistry Department of Pedodontics. A questionnaire consisting of 20 questions was administered to the participants.Results: 45.5% of the participants were boys, and 54.5% were girls. The mean age of the participants was 10.53±1.95. While 42.7% of the participants answered in the morning and before going to bed, 24.7% stated that they did not brush regularly. The rate of those who indicated that they touched only in the morning was 11.6%, and those who said that they brushed only in the evening was 21.6%. Also, &quot;When do you brush your teeth?&quot; there is a significant difference in the answers given among the participants based on their gender (p&amp;lt;0.05). The female participants answered that they brush their teeth in the morning and before bed at a higher rate than the male participants. In addition, 77.9% of the female and 70.5% of the male participants think that routine dental check-ups should be done before our teeth hurt.Conclusion: As a result of this study, it was seen that the individual&#039;s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors on oral and dental health were similar to other studies in the literature. We think the behaviors taught to school-age children about oral and dental health can be effective throughout an individual&#039;s life.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Oral and dental health</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  school-age child</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  knowledge and behavior</kwd>
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