TY - JOUR AU - Aryal, Deepa AU - Pandey, Nashib AU - Neupane, Kamana AU - Rijal, Arjun Hari AU - Dhami, Bhageshwar AU - Bhattarai, Rosina PY - 2021/12/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding periodontal health in patients visiting a dental teaching hospital JF - Journal of Kathmandu Medical College JA - J. Kathmandu Med. Coll. VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Original Research Article DO - UR - https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/1095 SP - 147-151 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Periodontal diseases, despite being preventable have an increasing prevalence worldwide. Mechanical plaque control methods are most effective to prevent and control these diseases.</span></p><p><strong>Objectives:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding periodontal health among patients visiting department of Periodontics, Kantipur Dental College and Hospital.</span></p><p><strong>Methods: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted by administrating pretested questionnaire to 384 patients in Kantipur Dental College and Hospital from Sep 2020 to Aug 2021. The study was conducted for one year after taking ethical clearance. All the patients who first visited the department of Periodontics were requested to participate by convenience sampling method. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Statistical analysis was done to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">correlate among knowledge, attitude, and practices.</span></p><p><strong>Results: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Positive attitude and practices towards dental floss 165 (43%), tongue cleaning 273 (71.1%), replacing tooth brush 268 (69.8%), and regular dental visits 202 (52.6%) was demonstrated. There was lack of knowledge on interdental brushes 79 (20.52%), probiotics 52 (13.5%), gingival massage, and their use to improve periodontal health 17 (4.4%). </span></p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The majority of the respondents had good oral hygiene practices with favourable knowledge and attitude with respect to periodontal health and its measure to control the disease. Various preventive programs must be conducted regularly to brush up their knowledge. Further improvements should be focused on knowledge and attitude which can increase and improve the practice of oral health. </span></p> ER -