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Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Various devices have been used to maintain oral hygiene. These include toothbrush and toothpaste, mouthwash, dental floss, miswak, and toothpick. This study attempts to investigate the use of various oral cleaning devices and their perceived benefits among Malaysians. METH...

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Autores principales: Mitha, Shahid, ElNaem, Mohamed Hassan, Chandran, Jaganmohan, Rajah, Nishakaran Pushpa, Fam, Tay Yi, Babar, Muneer Gohar, Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed, Jamshed, Shazia
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30568379
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_296_16
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author Mitha, Shahid
ElNaem, Mohamed Hassan
Chandran, Jaganmohan
Rajah, Nishakaran Pushpa
Fam, Tay Yi
Babar, Muneer Gohar
Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed
Jamshed, Shazia
author_facet Mitha, Shahid
ElNaem, Mohamed Hassan
Chandran, Jaganmohan
Rajah, Nishakaran Pushpa
Fam, Tay Yi
Babar, Muneer Gohar
Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed
Jamshed, Shazia
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Various devices have been used to maintain oral hygiene. These include toothbrush and toothpaste, mouthwash, dental floss, miswak, and toothpick. This study attempts to investigate the use of various oral cleaning devices and their perceived benefits among Malaysians. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional study conducted in two different cities of Malaysia. A convenience sampling approach was adopted. A total of 787 participants agreed to participate in the current research. A validated questionnaire translated into national language was used for data collection. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. RESULTS: About 302 respondents were in the age range of 18 – 25 years old (38.4%). There were marginally more females (55.7%) than males (44.3%). Although 99.9% of the participants used a toothbrush, a significant majority (n = 590, 75%) used more than a single device to maintain their oral hygiene. Only 311 respondents knew that toothpicks were inappropriate to use to remove food between teeth and gums, while a majority (n = 592, 75.2%) did not realize that some mouthwashes can stain the teeth. Less than half (42.1%) knew that improper use of miswak might harm the teeth. CONCLUSIONS: Although their oral hygiene behaviors are relatively at a higher level, their perceived oral health benefits did not compare well.
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spelling pubmed-62666462018-12-19 Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach Mitha, Shahid ElNaem, Mohamed Hassan Chandran, Jaganmohan Rajah, Nishakaran Pushpa Fam, Tay Yi Babar, Muneer Gohar Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Jamshed, Shazia J Pharm Bioallied Sci Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Various devices have been used to maintain oral hygiene. These include toothbrush and toothpaste, mouthwash, dental floss, miswak, and toothpick. This study attempts to investigate the use of various oral cleaning devices and their perceived benefits among Malaysians. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional study conducted in two different cities of Malaysia. A convenience sampling approach was adopted. A total of 787 participants agreed to participate in the current research. A validated questionnaire translated into national language was used for data collection. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. RESULTS: About 302 respondents were in the age range of 18 – 25 years old (38.4%). There were marginally more females (55.7%) than males (44.3%). Although 99.9% of the participants used a toothbrush, a significant majority (n = 590, 75%) used more than a single device to maintain their oral hygiene. Only 311 respondents knew that toothpicks were inappropriate to use to remove food between teeth and gums, while a majority (n = 592, 75.2%) did not realize that some mouthwashes can stain the teeth. Less than half (42.1%) knew that improper use of miswak might harm the teeth. CONCLUSIONS: Although their oral hygiene behaviors are relatively at a higher level, their perceived oral health benefits did not compare well. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6266646/ /pubmed/30568379 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_296_16 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences http://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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Mitha, Shahid
ElNaem, Mohamed Hassan
Chandran, Jaganmohan
Rajah, Nishakaran Pushpa
Fam, Tay Yi
Babar, Muneer Gohar
Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed
Jamshed, Shazia
Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach
title Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach
title_full Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach
title_fullStr Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach
title_full_unstemmed Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach
title_short Use of Oral Cleaning Devices and Their Perceived Benefits among Malaysians in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru: An Exploratory Structured Approach
title_sort use of oral cleaning devices and their perceived benefits among malaysians in kuala lumpur and johor bahru: an exploratory structured approach
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30568379
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_296_16
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