Open AccessKnowledge, Attitude and Practice of School Teachers Towards Oral Health in Pondicherry
Author(s) -
Sekhar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9779.4676
Subject(s) - oral health , medicine , health education , oral health care , family medicine , duty , school teachers , medical education , psychology , dentistry , nursing , pedagogy , public health , philosophy , theology
School teachers by virtue of their training can influence a large number of children thereby play major role in the planning and implementation of oral health preventive programs. Hence, this study was undertaken with the objective of assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of school teachers towards oral health.