Are Iranian graduating dental students prepared to act as future role models of good oral health behaviour? A 10-year study.

Autor: Khami MR; Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Mohebbi SZ; Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Dorostkar Z; Private Dentist, Kashan, Iran., Keshavarz H; Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.; Dental Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran., Bonabi M; Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Murtomaa H; Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland., Virtanen J; Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe [Eur J Dent Educ] 2023 Aug; Vol. 27 (3), pp. 471-476. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 06.
DOI: 10.1111/eje.12830
Abstrakt: Introduction: Dentists by their professional knowledge of prevention have a key role in providing a positive role model for oral health-promoting behaviours. We aimed to investigate the health behaviour of Iranian senior dental students in terms of oral self-care and tobacco use during a 10-year period to assess their preparedness to act as role models for health-promoting behaviours.
Materials and Methods: The study was performed in six dental schools selected through stratified cluster random sampling to have a representative sample of all dental schools in Iran. Data were collected in four occasions in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2015. Senior dental students (N = 1188) were invited to voluntarily complete a self-administered anonymous questionnaire about their oral self-care and tobacco use. Recommended tooth-brushing habit (RTH) was defined as at least twice a day brushing with fluoridated toothpaste. Three separate questions about cigarette, pipe and waterpipe use were applied to assess the students' reported use of tobacco.
Results: The response rate was 81%. Female students reported more frequently RTH than males (p < .001). The reported RTH was more prevalent among nonsmokers. In 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2015, 22.5%, 26%, 28.5% and 24.6% of the students reported smoking, respectively. The trend of reported smoking had the least variation among female students. This was true also for male students regarding RTH.
Conclusion: The status and trend of oral self-care and tobacco use among Iranian dental students call for more emphasis on adopting health-promoting behaviours during dental education.
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