Objective: The main purpose of this research is to assess the college students' knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to oral health care for understanding the existing situation of oral healthcare practice in universities, which is necessary for improving oral health program. Methods: Altogether 314 questionnaires on knowledge, attitude and behavior related to oral health have been completed bythe students randomly selected in Qingdao University, among whom 151 (48%) are males, while 163 (52%) are females. Results:The survey indicates that a large portion of the college students are aware of caries, but they have inadequate knowledge of periodontal diseases. Accordingly, their periodontal conditions are far from health. The students recognize the importance of visiting dentist in rela-tion to the prevention of dental diseases and understand the necessity of oral health to high-quality life, whereas more than half of them are reluctant or delayed to visit dentists, resulting in unsatisfactory oral hygiene behaviors. Specifically, the survey implies that only 55.7% of the samples brush their teeth twice every day. What is even worse is that 25.5 % of the samples have never received professional in-struction on brushing teeth. The statistic data also imply that female students perform better than male students in terms of oral healthcare knowledge, attitude and behavior. Conclusions: The college students are lack of fundamental oral healtheare knowledge, especial the in-formation of periodontal diseases, and they have inadequate professional instruction on oral hygiene. Therefore, a carefully organized oral health education program should be systematically incorporated in the existing university education system.%目的:评价大学生口腔保健知识、态度、行为情况,为实施口腔健康指导计划提供基线资料.方法:采用随机抽样的方法,对314名青岛大学新生进行了口腔保健知识、态度、行为的问卷调查;其中男生151名,占总数的48%,女生163名,占总数的52%.结果:大学生对龋病知识的知晓率高,但牙周知识及牙周状况差.大学生认为定时拜访牙医有助于口腔疾病预防,口腔健康与全身健康密切相关,但约一半学生害怕就医或推迟就医.只有55.7%的大学生一天刷牙两次,25.5%的大学生没有接受过专业刷牙指导.在口腔保健知识、态度及行为方面,女生优于男生.结论:大学生缺乏牙周方面基础口腔保健知识,缺少专业的口腔卫生指导.结构合理的口腔健康教育系统亟需实施.
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