Long-term Oral Hygiene Habits of South Korean Adolescents: Focusing on Compliance Changes in Handwashing and Post-lunch Toothbrushing Consequential to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
South Korean adolescent handwashing increased during COVID-19 then returned to baseline, while toothbrushing declined significantly and only partially recovered. School-based hygiene education strengthened handwashing compliance across groups but had weaker and inconsistent effects on toothbrushing, particularly post-pandemic.
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