Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas en salud oral con el índice Hiroshima University Dental Behavior Inventory Hu-DBI en el área de Ciencias Técnicas, 2016 de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

A good oral hygiene is key for complete general health and play an important roll in improvement for a better quality of life. College students are an important group, therefore the impact in future generations and their lifestyles depends on their conduct.

It was demonstrated that the level of knowledge, attitudes and practice of oral health of the students of Technical Science, 2016 of the University of Cuenca with the Hiroshima Universal dental behavior inventory Index (HU-DBI). The evaluated careers were Architecture, civil engineering, electronic, electric and systems. We obtained as a result of HU-DBI index an average of 6.6, which showed us that the knowledge of dental hygiene of the students was regular. We found that the students of Architecture take better care of their dental hygiene, they got an average of 6.74 being the highest number of the test, on the other side the students of systems engineering obtained an average of 6.44, being the lowest number of all the careers evaluated. What was found reflected the difference of the formation, the experience and education of the students, related to dental hygiene of different careers.

Objectives: To know and analyze the HU-DBI index in the area of Technical science, period 2016 of the university of Cuenca.

Materials and Methods: We made a descriptive study. The results are analyzed, with the data obtained from interviews applying the HU-DBI index. The information acquired is tabulated and analyzed with SPSS version 15