[Oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior in adults of Deyang city, PR China].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the oral health knowledge, attitudes and behavior of urban, rural and suburban adults in Deyang, PR China, and analyze the influence of several variables on the utilization of dental services.


METHODS
1010 adults with 35-44 years old from urban, rural and suburban areas were interviewed by Questionnaire for Adults, WHO Integrated Package for Basic Oral Care.


RESULTS
More than half of the surveyed adults claimed "having pain of mouth during the last 1 year". More urban adults (61.3%) used fluoridate toothpaste than suburban and rural adults (6.9%, 16.8%). 61.0% and 71.5% of rural and suburban adults had never seen a dentist, compared with 32.0% of urban adults. Logistic regression analysis showed that urban adults having pain in mouth during the last year were more likely to visit a dentist in the last 2 years.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the oral health attitude is good among the people in Deyang, the knowledge is poor. Dental service utilization was not enough and the situation was also worse for rural adults.
Liu
Hong-chun
HC
Dept. of Preventive Dentistry, West China Collge of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Fan
Xu
X
Hu
De-yu
DY
Li
Xue
X
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002681:China; D003729:Dental Care; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014100:Toothpastes
D014100:Toothpastes