dc.contributor.author | Wagaiyu Evelyn G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nzioka, B. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyaga, J. K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-23T08:16:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East African Medical Journal Vol 70 Nu 7 July 1993 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10855 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8293705 | |
dc.description | The relationship between tooth brushing frequency and personal higiene habits in teenagers | en |
dc.description.abstract | A Survey of 904, 14•17 year old school children from secondary schools around Nairobi was dose to find out if there was any relationship between toothbrushing frequency and person •• 1 hygeine habits. The students completed a questionnaire anonymously in class. Female students brushed their teeth more often than the male students. 62.2% of the females and 50.1 % of the males brushed their teeth more than once a day. Of those students who brushed their teeth more than once a day, 52% bathed daily, 22% used perfumes/deodorants daily and 50.1 % always washed their hands after visiting the lavatory. No relationship was found between washing of hair and toothbrushing frequency, 69.7% males and 53.2% females gave toothache and toothdecay as the main reasons for mouth care. Those who brushed their teeth more frequently also visited the medical doctor regularly for routine check-ups. These findings indicated that toothbrushing was closely related to personal hygeine habits. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | East African medical journal;Vol 70 Nu 7 July 1993 | |
dc.title | The relationship between tooth brushing frequency and personal higiene habits in teenagers | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.embargo.terms | 6 months | en |
local.publisher | Department of Dental Surgery. Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
local.publisher | Department of Dental Surgery College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |