title: Periodontal diseases and awareness among patients.
abstract: Awareness of periodontal problems and how they interpret this and their timely intervention affects periodontal health. Many people neither recognize the symptoms of periodontal disease nor do they associate existing symptoms with the disease. Hence one should ensure that the routes of science transfer are open so that the appropriate knowledge regarding the prevention and control of periodontal diseases are available to the public.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Kamataka, India. betsythomas99@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Betsy S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Mahalinga
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Sreekumaran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000145:classification; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000145:classification; D015438:Health Behavior; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000145:classification; D012649:Self Concept; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000145:classification; D014099:Toothbrushing