Akhtar Hussain Bokhari, Ayyaz Ali Khan.
Self-reported oral health related knowledge, attitude and practices among medical doctors of Lahore, Pakistan - a pilot study.
J Pak Dent Assoc Jan ;16(1):7-12.

OBJECTIVE: Objective of fhis study was to investigate oral health-related knowledge, attitude, and practices of medical doctors of Lahore, Pakistan. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Three hundred sixty medical doctors were approached consecutively, through undergraduate students of a dental college, at their workplaces in Lahore, Pakistan and self-reported questionnaires were filled. Response rate was 100%. RESULTS: Eighty four percent completely filled questionnaires were analyzed. Ninety nine percent subjects brushed their teeth, and 55% showed twice a day frequency; 82% used soft/medium textured brushes and 95% changed brushes in 4-6 months period, 98.7% subjects used toothpastes, 73.1% knew how to brush, 91.9% professionals did not complain of foul breath, 54% had dental hypersensitivity, 14.5% reported pain in teeth, 34.2% had bleeding gums and 76.1% had visited a dentist. Only 4.70% males were smokers. Significant association (p = 0.05) was found for use of tooth brush, brushing frequency and timing of brushing, brush change, use of mouth wash with gender; complaint of bad breath with education; Sensitivity of teeth with income groups; bleeding gums, and visit to a dentist with education and income; and smokers with gender, education and income group. All other variables showed no statistical significance with respect to gender, education and income levels. CONCLUSION: Medical doctors were better in their oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices which were associated with education and socio-economic status.

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