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Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to evaluate the impact of oral health education on oral hygiene knowledge and plaque control of school-going children in the city of Amritsar. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out for 6 weeks and included four groups of schoolchildren of 10–12...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629854/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026698 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_251_17 |
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author | Sadana, Gunmeen Gupta, Teena Aggarwal, Neha Rai, Hashmit Kaur Bhargava, Ankita Walia, Satinder |
author_facet | Sadana, Gunmeen Gupta, Teena Aggarwal, Neha Rai, Hashmit Kaur Bhargava, Ankita Walia, Satinder |
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description | AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to evaluate the impact of oral health education on oral hygiene knowledge and plaque control of school-going children in the city of Amritsar. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out for 6 weeks and included four groups of schoolchildren of 10–12 years of age. Children were randomly selected and assigned into one of the four groups – Group I (verbal communication), Group II (verbal communication and self-educational pamphlets), Group III (audiovisual aids and verbal communication), and Group IV (control group). Oral health education was assessed by getting a questionnaire filled by children and plaque scores was recorded using Silness and Loe plaque index before and after the study. The data were then compared and analyzed using SPSS 16 software manufactured by IBM. RESULTS: Differences in knowledge gain after the dental health education were statistically significant between all the groups, except between Group II and Group III in which the difference was not found to be significant. Group III showed the highest decrease in plaque score followed by Group II. There was a significant difference in reduction in plaque scores between all the groups, except between the Groups II and III. CONCLUSION: Both methods, i.e., pamphlets and audiovisual aids when used along with oral lectures, are equally effective in improving the knowledge and plaque scores in children. |
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spelling | pubmed-56298542017-10-12 Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar Sadana, Gunmeen Gupta, Teena Aggarwal, Neha Rai, Hashmit Kaur Bhargava, Ankita Walia, Satinder J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Original Article AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to evaluate the impact of oral health education on oral hygiene knowledge and plaque control of school-going children in the city of Amritsar. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out for 6 weeks and included four groups of schoolchildren of 10–12 years of age. Children were randomly selected and assigned into one of the four groups – Group I (verbal communication), Group II (verbal communication and self-educational pamphlets), Group III (audiovisual aids and verbal communication), and Group IV (control group). Oral health education was assessed by getting a questionnaire filled by children and plaque scores was recorded using Silness and Loe plaque index before and after the study. The data were then compared and analyzed using SPSS 16 software manufactured by IBM. RESULTS: Differences in knowledge gain after the dental health education were statistically significant between all the groups, except between Group II and Group III in which the difference was not found to be significant. Group III showed the highest decrease in plaque score followed by Group II. There was a significant difference in reduction in plaque scores between all the groups, except between the Groups II and III. CONCLUSION: Both methods, i.e., pamphlets and audiovisual aids when used along with oral lectures, are equally effective in improving the knowledge and plaque scores in children. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 2017-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5629854/ /pubmed/29026698 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_251_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sadana, Gunmeen Gupta, Teena Aggarwal, Neha Rai, Hashmit Kaur Bhargava, Ankita Walia, Satinder Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar |
title | Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar |
title_full | Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar |
title_short | Evaluation of the Impact of Oral Health Education on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Control of School-going Children in the City of Amritsar |
title_sort | evaluation of the impact of oral health education on oral hygiene knowledge and plaque control of school-going children in the city of amritsar |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629854/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026698 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_251_17 |
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