Analysis of the Relationship Between Oral Pathologies and Oral Hygiene of First-Year Students

2. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania

Abstract: The aim of the analysis was to to find out and compare the oral and dental care habits and etiology of oral and dental pathology among BH students at Kaunas University of Applied Science, Faculty of Medicine. The student’s approach to the oral hygiene, the reasons which caused dental and oral diseases where established by questionnaires. The 2014-2019 years study found that big part of the students have different dental pathologies: tooth decay, fluorosis, crooked teeth, malocclusion problems, symptoms of hyposalivation 18-42 percent or hypersalivation 5-18.5 percent, signs of low calcium 12-20.5 percent, vitamin C deficiency signs 24-41 percent. The majority of students brush their teeth regularly, 61.5-100 percent knows what kind of toothpaste they use: from 12 to 35 percent use fluoride toothpaste, from 31 to 54 percent — whitening, from 4 to 9.2 — reducing tooth sensitivity, from 3 to 7 percent — choose the other option. The most common causes of oral pathology are unbalanced diet and poor oral and dental hygiene.