Dental health awareness and practice among secondary school children in Enugu, Nigeria

A cross sectional survey of 391 secondary school student was carried out in 1992 to study their dental health knowledge and practice. Their predominant method of cleaning the teeth was the brush method (84%) followed by the traditional chewing stick (45%). The teeth were mainly cleaned in order to p...

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Main Author: Etisiobi Ndokwelu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1997-01-01
Series:International Journal of Medicine and Health Development
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Online Access:http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=1997;volume=2;issue=2;spage=19;epage=21;aulast=Ndokwelu;type=0