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Oral Hygiene Practices Among Preschoolers In Thiruvannamalai District
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DHIVYA SRI.E, DHANRAJ GANAPATHY, KEERTHI SASANKA
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Children under the age of 6 years spend most of their time with their parents and guardians, especially mothers, even when they attend preschool or nurseries. It has been found that young children's oral health maintenance and outcomes are influenced by their parent's knowledge and beliefs. Socialization to oral health behaviors may be considered as a modeling process in which children imitate the behavior of their parents, who are available and who provide valued role models to their offspring.To observe the Oral hygiene practices among preschoolers in Thiruvannamalai District.A set of questions have been prepared and uploaded in survey planet software.The sample size chosen for this study is about 100. At the end of the survey all the data have been compiled for statistical analysis.76% represented brushing their teeth once in a day whereas 22% represented brushing their teeth twice a day,56% represented the proper method of brushing is brushing in circular motion whereas 24% students are brushing up and down.Parents have a tremendous amount of influence in their children's lives. To increase their influence, parents need to increase the time children spend with them. Educating mothers on infant dental care will provide lifelong good oral hygiene habits and will bring down the prevalence of oral diseases considerably. The result of the present study showed that the oral health knowledge among the mothers visiting the anganwadis was poor. Awareness programs targeting expectant mothers visiting anganwadis should be employed by training the anganwadi teachers, and importance of primary teeth should be emphasized in different oral health education programs.
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Dental caries; oral hygiene; preschool children; social class; tooth-brushing.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.03.433
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