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OBJECTIVE: Oral and dental health problems are frequently seen major public health concerns around the world.On this study we aimed to evaluate Pamukkale University of Medicine students’ oral and dental hygiene. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was done among Pamukkale University of Medicine students on November 2012. All students were asked to participate. Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire which included sociodemographic features and oral hygiene status, this was followed by a physical examination by a dentist. DMT-t index was calculated. “Family welfare scale” was used to determine socioeconomic status. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis and ANOVA tests were used to evaluate the data.RESULTS: 183 of students (30%) participated on this study and 51% of the participants were female. 43 (33%) students from Grade 1, 62 (46%) from Grade 2, 52 (39%) from Grade 3, and 26 (12%) from Grade 4 participated. 61% of the students had moderate to high socioeconomic status. Brushing teeth at least once in a day was 88%, and using dental floss regularly was 4% among the students. 6.6% of the students have never been to a dentist and 57% of the students went to a dentist in the last year. When we evaluated physical examination results, 26 healthy teeth, 2 fillings, one decaying tooth, 0.5 missing tooth were found per student. 51% of students had one dental decay. Although not statistically significant, females had more fillings and males had more decaying teeth. Students’ DMT-t index was 3.66 (±3.17). One factor that affected decaying tooth number was parents’ educational level. Students that had parents with graduate degree had lower decaying tooth average (0.4±0.9) (p

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