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Oral Health Behaviors and Related Factors in Myanmar Population

Ei Ei Aung, Masayuki Ueno, Takashi Zaitsu and Yoko Kawaguchi

Oral Health Behaviors and Related Factors in Myanmar Population

To evaluate the relationship of oral health behaviors with socio-demographic, self-perceived oral health, oral health knowledge and health education experience in Myanmar population.Data were collected from a convenience sample of 305 aged 16-65 years who were residents in Yangon, Myanmar. Questionnaires were used to assess socio-demographics, selfperceived oral health, oral health knowledge, health education experience and oral health behaviors. The relationship of oral health behaviors with socio-demographics, self-perceived oral health, oral health knowledge, and health education experience was examined by a logistic regression analysis.