Survey of Oral Health Knowledge and Practices Among International Students in Canada

A survey of 56 international students at the University of Saskatchewan explored oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices. The dataset includes quantitative and qualitative responses from a 75-item survey, analyzed using SPSS and Excel. It was authored by Bianca Jamal and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze self-reported oral health ratings based on the finding that 32.1% of students rated their oral health as 'fair' or 'poor'
• Study barriers to dental care access based on the reported lack of adequate knowledge to access oral care by 40.4% of respondents
• Investigate dietary changes and oral hygiene habits based on reported consumption of sugary foods and drinks and twice-daily brushing frequency
• Identify untreated oral health problems based on the 40.0% of respondents who reported having untreated mouth issues

Strengths

• Includes specific quantitative results from 56 survey respondents, such as 98.0% considering oral health important and 55.4% brushing twice daily
• Contains both quantitative and qualitative data from a structured 75-item survey instrument
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse and analysis

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The sample size of 56 students from a single university limits generalizability to the broader international student population in Canada

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

A 75-item survey instrument administered to international students at the University of Saskatchewan.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 05:49:32; freshness should be verified

Geography

University of Saskatchewan, Canada