Conocimiento, actitudes y prácticas en salud oral con el Indice Hiroshima University Dental Behavior Inventory hu-dbi en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas 2015-2016 de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

The oral health care is essential to prevent oral diseases such as caries and periodontal disease. In dentistry, prevention plays a key role in preserving health; the objective of this research was to distinguish the level of attitudes and practices of oral health with Hiroshima University Dental Behavior Inventory (HU-DBI) in the students of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at the University of Cuenca in the period 2015-2016. The index HU-DBI includes 20 dichotomous questions valued at a maximum of 12 the attitudes and behaviors of the participants. A total of 2007 surveys were completed, representing 79.64% of all students; the non-parametric test U-.Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis was used, also the Chi-square statistic for data analysis was used. In the students of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences the HU-DBI score was 6.51 (SD 1.48) which means "regular" , there was no statistically significant difference between sex, origin and race and two of the predominant concerns among students was the color of their teeth (87.69%) and bad breath of their mouth (94.92%). Having obtained a regular index, it is necessary to encourage the students and people in general to have better oral care to avoid future diseases