Comparative oral hygiene knowledge in a rural and urban area
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Oral health, dental caries, dental caries susceptibility, (Sources: DeCS)Abstract
Objective: to analyze the knowledge of oral hygiene in 10th grade students in a rural area "Unidad educativa Luis Ulpiano de la Torre" and in the urban area "Unidad educativa Particular Aduana" in the period of November February 2022-2023. Method: Descriptive observational, the sample consisted of 60 students. Results and conclusion: It was observed that in the urban area 73.3% of the students have a high level of knowledge, however, in the rural area 33.3% of the students reach a high level of knowledge, thus there is a deficit in the number of people living in rural areas with basic information on the care of the stomatognathic system.
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