Setia Saniya, Pannu Parampreet, Gambhir Ramandeep Singh, Galhotra Virat, Ahluwalia Pooja, Sofat Anjali
Intern, Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2014 Jan;5(1):67-72. doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.127291.
The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of oral hygiene practices, smoking habits and halitosis among undergraduate dental students and correlating the oral hygiene practices, oral health conditions to the prevalence of self perceived oral malodour.
A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among 277 male and female students. A questionnaire was developed to assess the self-reported perception of oral breath, awareness of bad breath, timing of bad breath, oral hygiene practices, caries and bleeding gums, dryness of the mouth, smoking and tongue coating.
The results indicate female students had better oral hygiene practices. Significantly less self-reported oral bad breath (P = 0.007) was found in female dental students (40%) as compared to their male counterparts (58%). It was found that smoking and dryness of mouth had statistically significant correlation with halitosis (P = 0.026, P = 0.001). Presence of other oral conditions such as tongue coating and dental caries and bleeding gums also showed higher prevalence of halitosis in dental students.
A direct correlation exists between oral hygiene practices and oral health conditions with halitosis. Females exhibited better oral hygiene practices and less prevalence of halitosis as compared to male students.
本研究旨在确定本科牙科学生的口腔卫生习惯、吸烟习惯和口臭的患病率，并将口腔卫生习惯、口腔健康状况与自我感知的口腔异味患病率相关联。
向277名男女学生发放了一份自填式问卷。设计了一份问卷，以评估自我报告的口腔气味感知、口臭意识、口臭时间、口腔卫生习惯、龋齿和牙龈出血、口干、吸烟和舌苔情况。
结果表明女生的口腔卫生习惯更好。与男生（58%）相比，女生牙科学生自我报告的口腔异味明显更少（P = 0.007），其中女生为40%。研究发现，吸烟和口干与口臭在统计学上具有显著相关性（P = 0.026，P = 0.001）。其他口腔状况如舌苔、龋齿和牙龈出血在牙科学生中也显示出较高的口臭患病率。
口腔卫生习惯和口腔健康状况与口臭之间存在直接关联。与男生相比，女生表现出更好的口腔卫生习惯，口臭患病率更低。
