Level of knowledge about prevention of major oral diseases in university students Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this research was to determine the level of knowledge on prevention of the main oral diseases in students of the Catholic University of Cuenca year 2017. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study, which was attended by 364 students, who completed a survey with 21 questions divided into three blocks on oral health, oral diseases and prevention of oral health. Results: belonged to the 51% female and 49% male, the average age was between 19 and 24 years. The level of knowledge was measured on a scale corresponding to under 1%, average 28% lower, 58% high average and high with a 13%. The faculty of medicine was the highest level of knowledge with a 86 per cent in the scale of high. The 59% of the students have a high level of knowledge of the main oral diseases and 76 per cent know about prevention of oral health. Conclusions: It was concluded that the students of the Catholic University of Cuenca Headquarters have an acceptable level of knowledge as the highest percentages were recorded in the scales of lower middle and upper middle being higher in the faculty of medicine.