Awareness Of Oral Hygiene Among Policemen in Mayiladuthurai
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Universidad de Granada
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Awareness Survey Oral hygiene Policemen Mayiladuthurai
Date
2023-01-19Referencia bibliográfica
Janani K, Dhanraj Ganapathy, Keerthi sasanka(2022). Awareness Of Oral Hygiene Among Policemen in Mayiladuthurai Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 13(6). 39-51. DOI: [10.47750/jett.2022.13.06.005]
Abstract
Oral health is inevitably important as that of general health. Besides, The Oral cavity is regarded as
‘The mirror’ of general health as the oral manifestations acts as a delegate of the body’s maladies. Oral
hygiene is the habit of maintaining the mouth and teeth clean to get rid of dental problems such as
dental caries, gingivitis, and Halitosis. Military (Armed forces, Air forces, Navy forces) and Policing
are few of the most challenging occupations. As continual work pressure and stress exists among the
police personnel in regulating the law and order, they tend to neglect their General health and also
oral health. The aim of the survey based study has been carried out to analyse the oral hygiene
practices followed by police personnel in Mayiladuthurai during their stressful lifestyle. This survey
consists of 100 policemen. 15 self-administered questionnaires were prepared in google forms and
distributed via online means. Descriptive statistics was carried out. Chi square analysis along with
correlation was done. The results were expressed in the form of pie charts and bar graphs. This study
concluded that there exists a moderate level of awareness regarding oral hygiene practices among the
policemen in Mayiladuthurai. Moreover, public healthcare programmes and demonstrations can be
held to establish furthermore knowledge about oral hygiene practices.