Oral health problems among children of sardar community

Abstract

The study entitled with “Knowledge of Oral Health Problem Among Children of Sardar Community” in Sunsari District. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge of Oral health problem among Children of Sardar Community. As well as to evaluate the correlation between their Oral health knowledge and selected socio-demographic variables.A quantitative study was conducted at Itahari sub metro politan at Gaisar Sardar Tole.A total sample of 45 children between the ages of 6 and 14 years completed the study with Permission to perform this study was received from the Department of Health and physical education, Janta Multiple Campus, Itahari, Sunsari. The study investigated among rural 45 Children of Sardar Community in Sunsari district to access Oral health problem knowledge. Since the children are the future pillars of the country, the study tried to find out how hopeful we should be in the education of the leaders of tomorrow of Nepal on the issues and problems of Oral health. The findings of the study hopefully will be beneficial to education managers,curriculum developers, education ministry workers in Nepal and future researchers. Oral care to remove Oral problem at the Oral clinic, received the lowest percentage of correct answers (13.33%). Regarding the knowledge and practice of effective brushing time, only 30% of the respondents knew the morning and night.With regards to the knowledge of the decaying teeth, 62.22% of the sample answered they had suffered. Only 53.33% of the participants knew the importance of regular Oral hospital visits. About 12.22% of the respondents knew the correct method of Oral protection. The results showed that the oral health education program was effective at improving participant's oral health knowledge.