Assessment of oral health status and self reported oral hygienic practices with a view to impart oral hygiene health talk among school children.

Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Ms. Vidya . M, Ms. Seema S Chavan

The objective of this study is to determine the oral health status, self–reported oral hygienic practice and its correlation.

And to find the association between oral health status and self reported oral hygienic practices of children with selected

demographical variables.

Methodology: in this study 200 primary school children were selected , data was collected by using structured self– reported practice questionnaire

and an oral health assessment observational checklist.

Conclusion: the study reveals that majority of children had poor oral health status and reported poor oral hygienic practise. There was significant

association between oral hygienic practice, oral health status with parents education. So awareness programme among children and parents

will be helpful to improve oral health status.