TY - JOUR ID - TI - Oral health status, dental knowledge and behaviors among children and adolescents (8-15) years old in the cities of Baghdad and Thamar AU - Eman K. Chaloob ايمان جلوب PY - 2013 VL - 25 IS - 4 SP - 100 EP - 103 JO - Journal of baghdad college of dentistry مجلة كلية طب الاسنان بغداد SN - 18171869 23115270 AB - Background: Investigating dental health knowledge among children is important. Knowing what behaviors are rightin relation to dental health does not guarantee that children will practice those behaviors. However, lack ofknowledge and misconceptions about dental health may lead to behaviors that are harmful to teeth and gum.Baseline data on knowledge levels are required to determine which particular areas of dental health education arein need of improvement for high-risk children living in different geographical areas. This research was conducted tostudy the oral health status, dental knowledge and behavior in relation to two different cities, among children inBaghdad and Thamar (republic of Yemen) governorate.Materials and Methods: The sample collected was composed of two geographically different groups, first group fromBaghdad city: composed of 144 children and adolescents and the second group collected from the city of Thamar(republic of Yemen) composed of 108 of an age range 8-15 years old children. Dental plaque and Gingival healthcondition was assessed by using plaque index of Silness and Loe (1964),and gingival index of Loe and Silness (1963),Ramfjord index teeth were examined to represent the whole dentition. Oral examination was performed by a singleexaminer using mouth mirror and dental explorer for each child. Ten questions were fabricated to evaluate thedental health knowledge and behavior of the two groups.Results: This study was recorded that the age group 12-15 years old the significant difference was found in relation togingival health condition, the dental Knowledge and behaviors was the highly significant difference was foundbetween Baghdad and Thamar group. As well as highly scores of dental knowledge and behavior was significantlyrelated to the dental plaque for both Baghdad and Thamar group.Conclusion: The difference in the geographical location could affect on oral hygiene, dental health knowledge andbehavior of the children and adolescent

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