Clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices of adolescents in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The institution of appropriate oral health promotion programs targeted at adolescents in schools in developing countries requires baseline information on their oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices as well as associated factors influencing it, which are unknown. This study assessed clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices of adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Methods

Two-thousand and ninety-seven students aged 12-18 years were recruited from 30 randomly selected secondary schools in a cross-sectional study conducted in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data were obtained through a questionnaire on oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices, and sociodemographic characteristics. Oral examination was conducted to

SUBMITTER: Lawal FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446260 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature