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		<journal-meta>
			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">GJRA</journal-id>
			<journal-title>GJRA - Global Journal For Research Analysis</journal-title>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2250 - 1991</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research</publisher-name>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="other">gjra-5-8-5183</article-id>
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					<subject>Original Research Paper</subject>
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				<article-title>A study of assessment of hygiene habits and attitudes among removable partial denture wearers in a tertiary hospital</article-title>
			</title-group>
			<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>Rizwan</surname>
							<given-names>Ali A Shivji</given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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						</contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub">
				<month>August</month>
				<year>2016</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>5</volume>
			<issue>8</issue>
			<fpage>01</fpage>
			<lpage>02</lpage>
			<abstract>
				<title>ABSTRACT</title>
				<p>&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;Aims: To conduct a survey of hygiene habits and use of removable partial dentures (RPDs) and correlate them with the social conditions of the interviewees. Methods: A total of 145 RPD wearers were interviewed by experienced clinical staff using a structured questionnaire. A Chi-squared test was performed to evaluate statistical significance between the variables, and the level of significance was P &amp;amp;lt; 0.05. Results: A total of 72 (49%) patients reported that they had not been well informed by the dentists. Brushing was the most frequent cleaning method (57.6%). 77 (53.1%) patients did not take off their dentures at night. The frequency of cleaning dentures and using cleansing tablet was significantly higher in females than in males (P &amp;amp;lt; 0.05). Conclusions: Hygiene habits and attitudes may be affected by gender, but education level and hygiene attitudes may not always present positive correlation.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</p>
			</abstract>			
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