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Awareness and Practice of Oral Health Measures in Medina, Saudi Arabia: An Observational Study

The aim of this observational study is to investigate the oral health status and practices in the multicultural community of Medina, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed that asked about oral health, dental and periodontal conditions, personal attitudes toward dental care, a...

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Autores principales: Saadaldina, Selma A, Eldwakhly, Elzahraa, Alnazzawi, Ahmad A, Alharbi, Rayan A, Alghamdi, Bushra K, Abu Hammad, Osama A, Soliman, Mai
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33291281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239112
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author Saadaldina, Selma A
Eldwakhly, Elzahraa
Alnazzawi, Ahmad A
Alharbi, Rayan A
Alghamdi, Bushra K
Abu Hammad, Osama A
Soliman, Mai
author_facet Saadaldina, Selma A
Eldwakhly, Elzahraa
Alnazzawi, Ahmad A
Alharbi, Rayan A
Alghamdi, Bushra K
Abu Hammad, Osama A
Soliman, Mai
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description The aim of this observational study is to investigate the oral health status and practices in the multicultural community of Medina, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed that asked about oral health, dental and periodontal conditions, personal attitudes toward dental care, and smoking habits. Cross tabulation with chi-squared testing was carried out to investigate the association of toothbrush usage and smoking with several variables. Four-hundred and sixty subjects enrolled in the study. The majority of the respondents were students and Saudi males. More than 75% of the participants had neither a family dentist nor dental insurance; 7% were smokers, 84% used a toothbrush, 17% used dental floss and 34% used miswak (a teeth cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree). Some of the individuals complained of tooth sensitivity, halitosis and bleeding gums. The main reason for dental visits was pain, with 23% of the participants having never visited a dentist. Tooth brushing was significantly associated with gender, nationality, occupation, education, marital status, having kids and dental insurance (p ≤ 0.05). Tobacco consumption was significantly associated with age, occupation, education level, marital status, having children, having bleeding gingivae and halitosis. Effective dental education programs are needed to improve dental knowledge and awareness in the Medina community.
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spelling pubmed-77309342020-12-12 Awareness and Practice of Oral Health Measures in Medina, Saudi Arabia: An Observational Study Saadaldina, Selma A Eldwakhly, Elzahraa Alnazzawi, Ahmad A Alharbi, Rayan A Alghamdi, Bushra K Abu Hammad, Osama A Soliman, Mai Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this observational study is to investigate the oral health status and practices in the multicultural community of Medina, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed that asked about oral health, dental and periodontal conditions, personal attitudes toward dental care, and smoking habits. Cross tabulation with chi-squared testing was carried out to investigate the association of toothbrush usage and smoking with several variables. Four-hundred and sixty subjects enrolled in the study. The majority of the respondents were students and Saudi males. More than 75% of the participants had neither a family dentist nor dental insurance; 7% were smokers, 84% used a toothbrush, 17% used dental floss and 34% used miswak (a teeth cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree). Some of the individuals complained of tooth sensitivity, halitosis and bleeding gums. The main reason for dental visits was pain, with 23% of the participants having never visited a dentist. Tooth brushing was significantly associated with gender, nationality, occupation, education, marital status, having kids and dental insurance (p ≤ 0.05). Tobacco consumption was significantly associated with age, occupation, education level, marital status, having children, having bleeding gingivae and halitosis. Effective dental education programs are needed to improve dental knowledge and awareness in the Medina community. MDPI 2020-12-06 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7730934/ /pubmed/33291281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239112 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Alnazzawi, Ahmad A
Alharbi, Rayan A
Alghamdi, Bushra K
Abu Hammad, Osama A
Soliman, Mai
Awareness and Practice of Oral Health Measures in Medina, Saudi Arabia: An Observational Study
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title_short Awareness and Practice of Oral Health Measures in Medina, Saudi Arabia: An Observational Study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33291281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239112
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