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Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the level of oral hygiene awareness and practice among orthodontic patients that have fixed appliances and investigate the differences in awareness as per age, gender, and education qualification. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 250 patients was included....

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Autores principales: Mahjoub, Dalal Tariq, AlJabri, Rahaf K., Bifari, Nidaa E., Najjar, Rahaf S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10282541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37351389
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jos.jos_115_22
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description OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the level of oral hygiene awareness and practice among orthodontic patients that have fixed appliances and investigate the differences in awareness as per age, gender, and education qualification. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 250 patients was included. A questionnaire was used to collect information regarding the patient's oral hygiene. RESULTS: The level of awareness and oral hygiene practice was significantly higher among females, with a consistent stepwise increase toward older ages. Also, increased with higher education level, longer duration since getting the appliance, and receiving instructions from the orthodontist. CONCLUSIONS: Oral hygiene instructions received by the orthodontist play an important role in the patient's awareness level. Also, many predictors have a significant effect on the patient's cooperation in practicing oral hygiene measures.
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spelling pubmed-102825412023-06-22 Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study Mahjoub, Dalal Tariq AlJabri, Rahaf K. Bifari, Nidaa E. Najjar, Rahaf S. J Orthod Sci Original Article OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the level of oral hygiene awareness and practice among orthodontic patients that have fixed appliances and investigate the differences in awareness as per age, gender, and education qualification. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 250 patients was included. A questionnaire was used to collect information regarding the patient's oral hygiene. RESULTS: The level of awareness and oral hygiene practice was significantly higher among females, with a consistent stepwise increase toward older ages. Also, increased with higher education level, longer duration since getting the appliance, and receiving instructions from the orthodontist. CONCLUSIONS: Oral hygiene instructions received by the orthodontist play an important role in the patient's awareness level. Also, many predictors have a significant effect on the patient's cooperation in practicing oral hygiene measures. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10282541/ /pubmed/37351389 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jos.jos_115_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Orthodontic Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Mahjoub, Dalal Tariq
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Bifari, Nidaa E.
Najjar, Rahaf S.
Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study
title Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study
title_full Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study
title_fullStr Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study
title_short Oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in Makkah city: A cross sectional study
title_sort oral hygiene awareness and practice in orthodontic patients in makkah city: a cross sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10282541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37351389
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jos.jos_115_22
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