Assessment of Oral Health Awareness among NonClinical Dental Student in Lucknow City Uttar Pradesh: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study

Good Oral health awareness among dental students have a positive influence on attitude and behaviour of their patient pertaining to oral health and reduces oral negligence among the people of the society. Aim : To assess oral health awareness among undergraduate Dental Student in Lucknow city Uttar Pradesh . Materials and methods : A total of 200 dental students in their preclinical year were selected for the study. Out of which 100 students were selected from BDS 1 st year and 100 students were selected from BDS 2 nd year . A closed ended questionnaire on oral health awareness which was prepared online was used to collect data. SPSS(Statistical Package For Social Sciences) Software version 21.0 was used for statistical analysis. Descriptive data was presented in frequency and percentage .Chi square test was used to compare level of oral health awareness and year of study . A p-value 0.005) Conclusion: It is concluded from the present study that BDS 2 nd year students have good oral health knowledge and more oral health awareness in comparison to BDS 1 st year students. But both year students possessed poor knowledge and awareness on oral cance