Oral Health Myths among General Population at Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ali Mohammed Asiri; Inderjit Murugendrappa Gowdar; Dhafer Ibrahim Alheneshi; Ali Mesfer Alqahtani; Ibrahim Abdullah Alkhurayef; Shaya Farhan Aldossary
- Source
- Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 5, Pp 241-245 (2021)
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Population
Bioengineering
Oral health
myths
Dental treatments
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Pharmacy and materia medica
medicine
Or education
Social media
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
education
education.field_of_study
QD71-142
taboos
Mythology
Dental care
RS1-441
misbelieves
Family medicine
Health education
Original Article
Psychology
Analytical chemistry
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0975-7406
0976-4879
Background: Taboos or myths have got a connection from the history where there was no scientific understanding about the concepts of health they are part of culture and information shared or communicated by a number of people. Understanding myths and misbelieves are important to provide good oral care with health education to the people. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of oral health myths and to find its association between the demographic factors of general public in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: Questionnaire consisting of demographic details and myths about oral health problems was sent through Google forms. The link of questionnaire was sent through social media and requested to send the link to their friends and relatives. Results: About 50.71% of the study participants were against to myths and 23.48% of study participants were toward myths. The response in terms of agreement, disagreement or do not know was statistically not significant according to age, gender, or education. Conclusion: The prevalence of myths about dental treatment is almost 50%. This population needs to be educated to know the fact and to take action to rectify them about dental treatments.