Cargando…

The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study

Promotion of oral health has an essential role in the maintenance of teeth in adults. However, health education must start from an early age, in order to monitor the child's growth and prevent pathologies. Schools are in charge of the overall education of children and of guidance to parents but...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saccomanno, Sabina, De Luca, Martina, Saran, Stefano, Petricca, Maria Teresa, Caramaschi, Elena, Francesco Mastrapasqua, Rodolfo, Messina, Giuseppe, Gallusi, Gianni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36994533
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2023.11158
_version_ 1785033452330942464
author Saccomanno, Sabina
De Luca, Martina
Saran, Stefano
Petricca, Maria Teresa
Caramaschi, Elena
Francesco Mastrapasqua, Rodolfo
Messina, Giuseppe
Gallusi, Gianni
author_facet Saccomanno, Sabina
De Luca, Martina
Saran, Stefano
Petricca, Maria Teresa
Caramaschi, Elena
Francesco Mastrapasqua, Rodolfo
Messina, Giuseppe
Gallusi, Gianni
author_sort Saccomanno, Sabina
collection PubMed
description Promotion of oral health has an essential role in the maintenance of teeth in adults. However, health education must start from an early age, in order to monitor the child's growth and prevent pathologies. Schools are in charge of the overall education of children and of guidance to parents but could also be engaged in the promotion of oral health, supported and counseled by pediatricians and dentists. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate whether school age children could be taught, successfully, basic oral sciences and dental hygiene, by a professional, during school hours. In this pilot study, an anonymized test was administered to 45 children of age between 8 and 10, both before and after an interactive lecture on oral health, to assess the effectiveness of the lesson and acquisition by the children of knowledge on oral health. After the presentation, the majority of the children were able to answer correctly to the questionnaire that was given to them (test, retest) which was related to dental anatomy and pathology (number of teeth, cavities, halitosis), and dental hygiene tools and practices (brushes, floss, mouth wash, tongue scrapers). The children seemed to be receptive to learning while in school, and a specific educational session of dental hygiene and oral health seems to be the right approach to ensure children can identify dental hygiene tools and use them appropriately.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10141745
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-101417452023-04-29 The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study Saccomanno, Sabina De Luca, Martina Saran, Stefano Petricca, Maria Teresa Caramaschi, Elena Francesco Mastrapasqua, Rodolfo Messina, Giuseppe Gallusi, Gianni Eur J Transl Myol Article Promotion of oral health has an essential role in the maintenance of teeth in adults. However, health education must start from an early age, in order to monitor the child's growth and prevent pathologies. Schools are in charge of the overall education of children and of guidance to parents but could also be engaged in the promotion of oral health, supported and counseled by pediatricians and dentists. The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate whether school age children could be taught, successfully, basic oral sciences and dental hygiene, by a professional, during school hours. In this pilot study, an anonymized test was administered to 45 children of age between 8 and 10, both before and after an interactive lecture on oral health, to assess the effectiveness of the lesson and acquisition by the children of knowledge on oral health. After the presentation, the majority of the children were able to answer correctly to the questionnaire that was given to them (test, retest) which was related to dental anatomy and pathology (number of teeth, cavities, halitosis), and dental hygiene tools and practices (brushes, floss, mouth wash, tongue scrapers). The children seemed to be receptive to learning while in school, and a specific educational session of dental hygiene and oral health seems to be the right approach to ensure children can identify dental hygiene tools and use them appropriately. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2023-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10141745/ /pubmed/36994533 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2023.11158 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc 4.0) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
spellingShingle Article
Saccomanno, Sabina
De Luca, Martina
Saran, Stefano
Petricca, Maria Teresa
Caramaschi, Elena
Francesco Mastrapasqua, Rodolfo
Messina, Giuseppe
Gallusi, Gianni
The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
title The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
title_full The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
title_fullStr The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
title_short The importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
title_sort importance of promoting oral health in schools: a pilot study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36994533
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2023.11158
work_keys_str_mv AT saccomannosabina theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT delucamartina theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT saranstefano theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT petriccamariateresa theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT caramaschielena theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT francescomastrapasquarodolfo theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT messinagiuseppe theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT gallusigianni theimportanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT saccomannosabina importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT delucamartina importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT saranstefano importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT petriccamariateresa importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT caramaschielena importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT francescomastrapasquarodolfo importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT messinagiuseppe importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy
AT gallusigianni importanceofpromotingoralhealthinschoolsapilotstudy