Kocovski, Darko and Toneva Stojmenova, Verica and Dimova, Cena and Zlatanovska, Katerina and Naskova, Sanja (2017) Oral hygiene level maintenance of dental medicine students. Journal of Hygienic Engineering and Design, 20 (3). pp. 75-81. ISSN 1857- 8489
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Abstract
Modern scientific literature shows that enroll in preclinical and clinical subjects at dental medicine improved oral health manners and level of oral hygiene. The aim of this study was to determinate the maintenance of oral hygiene of the dental medicine students, at “Goce
Delcev” University” - Stip, Faculty of Medical Science.
Forty students from Faculty of Medical Sciences - Dental
Medicine were included in the study. The examinations
were made twice: before listening the subject
Oral Health and after, in third and the same student
in fifth semester. Evaluation was made how their attitude
has been changed in maintaining oral hygiene
after learning about oral health. Dental plaque index
(according to Silness and Löe) and Decay, Missing, Filling Teeth index (DMFT) were used to determinate the
plaque level and caries teeth.
In the first testing period were processed results with
average value of 0.84 of Dental plaque index, in the
mean while students were attending courses about
oral health. The mean value of DMFT index among
students was 9.72. In the second clinical examination,
after one year were processed results with average value
of 0.69. After one year, mean value of DMFT index
among students was 7.8. There’s a significant reduction
in the unhealed caries shown by the result taken from
the decayed teeth which, when first examined was 1.1,
and after the second examination was 0.46.
Results showed that Oral Health subject has a major impact in improving the habits and manner of maintaining
oral hygiene among students. Students have less plaque
in fifth than third semester (after enrolled the subject).
Also, students have smaller number of caries (decay),
equal number of missing teeth, and higher number
of filing teeth in fifth than third semester. Knowledge
about oral health has important role in maintaining oral
hygiene and reducingg the level of plaque and decay
teeth among students of Dental Medicine.
Key words: Plaque index, Missing tooth, Oral hygiene,
DMFT index, Decay.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Basic medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Cena Dimova |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2017 11:20 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2022 09:09 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/18601 |
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