title: An assessment of pharmacy students' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward oral health: An exploratory study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Community pharmacies are now frequently being visited by customers/patients to seek oral advice. Malaysian community pharmacists are also found to be experiencing an increased demand of oral health advices by their visiting customers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to explore the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the final year Bachelor of Pharmacy students in a private university toward oral health, as these students will be the future pharmacists.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was carried out among final year undergraduate pharmacy students by using self-administered questionnaire. It was conducted as a classroom survey. Raosoft software was used to determine the minimum required sample size.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The demographic distribution of the respondents was separated into gender, ethnicity, and state of origin. Over 83.8% of the participants were females, with Chinese ethnicity dominating (78.4%) compared to others, and the distribution showed 11 different states of origin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This research finding shows that pharmacy students have positive attitude toward oral health despite having poor knowledge and mediocre practice principles regarding oral health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Kingston
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajiah
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Chow Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ving
keywords: Cross-sectional study; knowledge; oral health; oral hygiene; pharmacist; pharmacy students