A STUDY ON DENTAL CARIES PREVALENCE AND ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES AMONG GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KANCHEEPURAM BLOCK, KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, 2012.
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Background Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with highest priority risk group between 12-15 years children Objectives To assess the caries prevalence and oral health knowledge, attitude and practices(KAP) among Government high school children in Kancheepuram block, Kancheepuram district Methodology This was a cross sectional study. A total of 184 students (106 boys 78 girls) studying from 7th-10th std were interviewed separately with closed ended questionnaire. Dental caries was measured based on WHO criteria of DMFT. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 16.0. P value 0.05 was taken as significant value .Results The prevalence of caries was 74.5 with mean DMFT of 2.02.In all groups, decayed tooth accounted for greatest percentage. caries experience was significantly inversely related to mothers education(P0.004) and tooth brushing habit after eating chocolates(P0.028).54.9 scored above the mean knowledge score of 4.63. 57.6 wanted to visit dentist only when pain occurs. Participants oral hygiene practices were found to be incorrect except for tooth brush usage for brushing as 89.1 used it. No significant difference was seen in caries prevalence and oral health KAP between genders .Conclusion Findings of present study indicated that an increase of caries prevalence resulted from poor oral health attiude and practices. Study also found a wide gap between knowledge and actual practice. Hence, there is a need for behaviour change communication to bridge this gap along with community based oral health education programme.
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