Open AccessCorrelation of oral hygiene practices, smoking and oral health conditions with self perceived halitosis amongst undergraduate dental students
Author(s) -
Sajita Setia,
Parampreet Pannu,
Ramandeep Singh Gambhir,
Virat Galhotra,
Pooja Ahluwalia,
Anjali Sofat
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.127291
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , dentistry , oral health , hygiene , tongue , cigarette smoking , family medicine , pathology
The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of oral hygiene practices, smoking habits and halitosis among undergraduate dental students and correlating the oral hygiene practices, oral health conditions to the prevalence of self perceived oral malodour.