P. Jagan|Nusrath Fareed|Hemanth Battur|Sanjeev Khanagar|Bhat Manohar
Conceptual knowledge of oral health among school teachers in South India, India
Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences|KVG Dental College & Hospital|KVG Dental College & Hospital|KVG Dental College & Hospital|Mysore Medical College
measure conceptual oral health knowledge among school teachers using comprehensive measure oral health knowledge cmohk instrumenta total 240 school teachers drawn cluster random sampling across sullia taluk conceptual knowledge assessed using comprehensive measure oral health knowledge questionnaire oral health status recorded world health organization oral health assessment proformaoverall distribution cmohk scores revealed 10644 subjects good conceptual oral health knowledge 81337 subjects fair 5322 subjects categorized poor conceptual knowledge respectively statistically significant difference observed mean scores conceptual knowledge relation gender 128vs 153 terms type school teachers 144 vs 112 relation age subjects primary school teachers exhibited consistently better cmohk scores 000300010011 compared high school counterparts 000300010012the mean cmohk score group 12513 considered fair inverse association age educational levels income relation cmohk scores