Assessment of the state of dentition and oral hygiene in 16-25-year-old young people with mild and moderate mental disability.

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to assess the state of dentition and oral hygiene in 16-25-year-old young people with mild and moderate mental disability in comparison with a control group of healthy young people at the same age.

Material And Methods: The research was carried out in a special School and Tutelary Centre in Lublin. A group of 144 young people aged 16-25 with mild and moderate mental disability (group I) among them 75 girls and 69 boys participated in the research.

Hygienic habits and the dental condition in 12-year-old children.

Purpose: The aim of the study was the description of the dental condition of hygienic routines in 12-year-old children in urban and rural areas of Lublin voivodship.

Material And Methods: The study comprised 274 children at the age of 12 (152 girls and 122 boys). 95 girls and 92 boys came from the urban area; 57 girls and 30 boys came from the rural area.

Students' knowledge of oral hygiene vs its use in practice.

Purpose: The purpose of the work is to estimate the knowledge connected with the rules of the oral hygiene and its correlation with everyday habits among the students of Dental studies and Medical Studies at Medical School in Lublin and Polytechnics of Lublin.

Material And Methods: A survey was conducted among 483 students: 58 2nd-year and 88 5th-year students of dentistry, 97 2nd-year and 51 5th-year students of medicine and 108 2nd-year and 81 5th-year students from The Polytechnics of Lublin.

Results: The study revealed that 50% students of dentistry, 32.