Abstract
Oral health is an integral component of general health. Therefore, the mouth has to be kept clean and healthy. School age is a period of overall development. During this period the child learns to become productive members of the peer group. If proper oral hygiene habits are cultivated during this period, habits will go a long way in maintaining the oral health of a child throughout the life. The present study conducted to assess the knowledge regarding oral hygiene among the school children in selected schools in Mangalore. The sample size was 100 school children. The samples were selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique. The tool used was demographic pro forma and structured knowledge questionnaire. The result showed that the mean and standard deviation of pre- test knowledge score of school children were (69.62% ±3.070). The study found that there was no significant association between the levels of knowledge with selected demographic variables. Hence the null hypothesis were accepted.
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