• Dr. Ashwini Biradar
• Saima Siddiqui
• Shivani Sonawane
• Swapnil Khetre
• Nikita Kolamkar

BACKGROUND: As there is increase in the false belief regarding dental oral hygiene and the treatment regarding dental problems,the target population is from age 18-70 years of age , additionally aged people may have face dental problems. So this study attempted to evaluate dental myth, oral hygiene,methods and belief.AIM :The aim of this study is to adopt a qualitative research methods approach to understand the Dental Myths Among population of Latur. OBJECTIVES :1)To determine the extent of dental myths 2)To examine the impact of dental myths among the population of the city.3)To examine the oral health awareness of this problem.4) To access the prevalence of dental myth among young population.5) To interpret level of knowledge and Perception of population. MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional Study was conducted in the city of Latur, where 15 self constructed questionnaire was developed for the present study ,to assess the prevalence of dental myths among population of Latur. In the study 509 Willing subject were taken from the city and formed the study sample. RESULTS: The study shows that 42.2% Agrees to statement "if the extraction of upper teeth cause loss of vision", 65% does not Agree with the statement " Scaling causes the loosening of the teeth ,51.7% does not Agree on asking that chewing tobacco in decayed tooth relief pain where as 27.9% Agrees on the same statement where 20.4% can't predict the Answer. CONCLUSION: We came to conclusion that the population of the district Latur believes in various myths in dentistry which result in poor oral health . The use of household ingredients can influence oral health status. This study also revealed that the dental myths are still prevalent in aged people and younger population are more aware and didn’t believe much regarding various dental myths.

Dental Myths, False beliefs, Oral Health, Dentistry, Taboos.

"DENTAL MYTHS AMONG POPULATION OF LATUR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.j94-j109, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306915.pdf

"DENTAL MYTHS AMONG POPULATION OF LATUR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppj94-j109, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306915.pdf