Research Article

COMPARISON OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF TWO UNIVERSITY STAFF ON ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH

Volume: 3 Number: 3 December 30, 2022
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COMPARISON OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF TWO UNIVERSITY STAFF ON ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH

Abstract

Abstract Purpose Oral and dental health is an integral part of general health and depends on the correct and regular practice of oral hygiene habits of individuals.The best way to determine the importance and perspective people give to oral health is to evaluate their knowledge,attitudes,behaviors. For this purpose,questionnaire questions about oral and dental health were asked to academic and administrative staff working at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University(BMAU) and Tetova University(TU) and compared with each other. Methods The study was carried out with a total of 297 participants,169 from BMAU;128 from TU. Questionnaire with 26 questions evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants,theirtooth brushing and use of oral care tools,their nutritional habits,their level of knowledge about oral and dental health, and their status and frequency of going to the dentist. The obtained data were statistically analyzed according to the significance level of p<0.05. Results BMAU and TU personnel have deficiencies in oral and dental health practices.It has been observed that the two university personnel's conditions related to tooth brushing and their use of auxiliary oral and dental health products are insufficient and they hinder regular dental check-ups.The age of starting tooth brushing is earlier in TU than in BMAU(p<0.05).The rate of knowing the anti-cariogenic property of cheese is quite low and it is higher in BMAU than in TU(p<0.05). Those who know that fluor has anti-cariogenic properties have very low in BMAU(32.5%) and TU(39.8%)(p>0.05). Conclusion It is necessary to increase university personnel's knowledge,attitude,behavior levels about oral and dental health through training.

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Thanks

We would like to thank Onur KAYA who is an academic at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, English Language and Literature Department, for doing the English proofreading of the article and thank Prof. Dr. Shefik SHEHU, Assoc. Prof. Agon MEMETİ, Mine Unlu YAMAN, and Mustafa Gokhan YAMAN for helping us with the implementation of the survey.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2022

Submission Date

June 13, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 23, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 3 Number: 3

APA
Küçükyıldız, E. N., & İşiner Kaya, B. (2022). COMPARISON OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF TWO UNIVERSITY STAFF ON ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH. Selçuk Sağlık Dergisi, 3(3), 221-242. https://izlik.org/JA74FG55GG