Eman Abu?Gharbieh|Basema Saddik|Mohammed Elfaramawi|Samer Hamidi|Mohammad Basheti
Oral Health Knowledge and Behavior among Adults in the United Arab Emirates
University of Sharjah|Dubai Pharmacy College|University of Sharjah|University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences|Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University|Jordan University of Science and Technology
prevalence periodontal diseases increasing united arab emirates uae despite worldwide decline prevalence dental caries among children adolescents aims study determine levels oral health knowledge healthrelated behavior adult uae residents relationship variables oral healtha descriptive crosssectional survey nonprobability sampling used study sample 630 adults residing uae completed oral health survey assess oral health knowledge behavior mean oral health knowledge behavior scores calculated correlated population demographic behavioral variablesparticipants found acceptable oral health knowledge score ohks 1050 236 62 participants answered questions correctly results showed age gender nationality smoking physical activity significantly associated knowledge score however gender nationality smoking predicted oral health knowledge scores regression analysis hand mean oral health behavior score ohbs participants 891 229 98 participants practiced least acceptable level oral behavior 53 practiced good perfect level age gender educational level employment status insurance status marital status nationality smoking physical activity showed significant statistical association score behaviors related oral health gender number diabetes sessions attended health information sources used remained significant regression analysisfurther efforts required spread awareness oral health encourage uae population develop healthy oral habits programs decrease occurrence burden many chronic oral diseases especially periodontal diseases