Abstract

  The purpose of the study was to evaluate the awareness of periodontal health among the patients visiting dental OPDs of Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine Karachi. This survey was conducted from September,2019 to November,2019. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted on 100 patients. A structured questionnaire was administered through convenience sampling to patients. The results of the questionnaire were calculated and analyzed via the SPSS software version 20.

Keywords: Oral Health; Oral Hygiene; Periodontal Health

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Citation

Citation: Sabeen Masood., et al. “Periodontal Health Awareness Among the Patients Visiting the Dental OPD”. Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 4.3 (2020): 24-26.

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Copyright: © 2020 Sabeen Masood., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.