Open AccessA survey on oral hygiene methods practiced by patients attending Dentistry Department at a Tertiary Care Hospital from Central Gujarat
Author(s) -
SN Goryawala,
Paragkumar Chavda,
Sneha Udhani,
Naiya Pathak,
Shivang Pathak,
Ritu Ojha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.178750
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , dentistry , dental floss , hygiene , tertiary care , population , microsoft excel , descriptive statistics , dental care , family medicine , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , computer science , operating system
Oral hygiene is important not only for maintaining health of teeth and gingivae in an individual but also for good and uneventful regeneration and healing of tissues, when one has undergone one or other dental treatments. This makes it important to have an understanding of oral hygiene practices employed by the population.