%0 Journal Article
%T Oral Health Attitude And Awareness Among School Children
%A Mahantesh B Siddibhavi
%A Anil A Ankola
%A Dhanvi Arora
%A Diksha Singhal
%J World Journal of Science and Technology
%D 2011
%I 
%X Aim:  The aim is to  assess  the  attitude  and  awareness  regarding  oral  health  among  school  children  in  Belgaum   of  age  9  to  14  years . Objectives : The  objectives  of  this  study  are  to  find  out  the  oral  health  attitude  and  awareness  among  school  children , collect  the  data  regarding  the  same  and  analyzing   the  findings  based   on   the   data. Methodology : This  cross  sectional  study   comprises  of  randomly  selected  three  schools  namely  Maheshwari  blind  school  government  deaf  and  dumb  school  and  Phoenix  English  medium ,Belgaum.  Study  sample  size  is  of  400  subjects  of  age  group  9-14 years. Data collected was by means of a questionnaire having 13 questions. Result : 77%  of  the  normal  school  children  brushed  once  a  day   in  the  morning  and  only  23%  of  them   brushed  twice  a  day  in  the  morning  and  before  going  to  the  bed , whereas  72%  of  the  physically  challenged
%K Oral Health
%K Awareness
%K Physically Challenged
%U http://worldjournalofscience.com/article/view/8081