Oral hygiene with age: A comprehensive study
Saba Anwar Kondkari, Sneha Masne Deshpande, Haritha Nimmagadda, Uttam Shetty, Sumeet Agarwal, Laresh Mistry, Prasad Mhaske, Pratibha Kavle · 2024
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Saba Anwar Kondkari and seven co-authors survey oral hygiene habits among school students of different ages, in a 2024 study from Navi Mumbai, India. Tooth and gum health shapes a child's well-being, school life, and overall health. Yet many children in India and other low-income settings know little about oral care. The team gave a questionnaire on daily oral habits to students aged eight to sixteen at one linked school.
Students in the middle age group showed the best oral hygiene habits in the survey. Younger and older groups scored lower on the habits the form asked about. The authors present the work as a snapshot of how habits shift with age in this school. They frame oral health as a part of general health that schools should teach early. Wider surveys would be needed to test if the pattern holds across India.
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| CREATOR | Saba Anwar Kondkari, Sneha Masne Deshpande, Haritha Nimmagadda, Uttam Shetty, Sumeet Agarwal, Laresh Mistry, Prasad Mhaske, Pratibha Kavle |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |