| Summary: | Dental students get knowledge about oral health at class. Oral health
attitude and behavior increases with educational level of dental students. Attitude
and behavior becomes more positive with an increasing level of education. The aim
of this study is to know differences in oral health attitude and behavior of dental
students based on educational level.
This study used the cross-sectional approach. The subjects of this study were
100 people, which the subjects were students currently in first until fourth years of
Dentitry Faculty UGM. Attitude and behavior was tested by the modification
questionnaire developed in Hiroshima University � Dental Behavior Inventory (HUDBI)
which consists of 12 statements. The data analysis of this study was using the
Kruskal-Wallis test.
The result of this study shows that with Kruskal-Wallis test are the differences
in dental and oral health attitude (X2=8,53 and p=0,036) and behavior (X2=11,49
and p=0,009) based on their levels of education were significant. Based on the
average score shows that the dental and oral health attitude and behavior currently
in the fourth years is better than the first years of students (p<0,05).
In conclusion, there are differences in oral health attitude and behavior of
dental students of Dentistry Faculty UGM based on their levels of education. The
higher the level of education that the students posses, the better oral health attitude
and behavior.
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