KÖSE, Selmin Haliç Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Yüksekokulu, TURKEY , GÜVEN, Derya İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, TURKEY , MERT, Elif İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, TURKEY , ERASLAN, Ezgi İstanbul Üniversitesi - İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, TURKEY , ESEN, Sevil İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, TURKEY

The Effectiveness of Oral Hygyen Education Among Children Aged 12-13 Year

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To investigate the effectiveness of oral hygen education on dental plaque formation, tooth decay prevalence and Decayed, Missing, Filled Theeth index among children aged between 12-13 in a quasi experimental study design. The study has been designed by using quasi experimental design and has been carried out in an elementary school in Istanbul with written permission between January, 9th – April 9th, 2009. The sample includes voluntary students who study in 5th grade. The data was collected by a questionnaire and dental examination by dentist and evaluated by Decayed-Missing-Filled-Teeth index, plaque index, frequency and chisquare test. The students whose mother has low educational level have more missing teeth than the students whose mother has high educational level (p 0.001). Almost all of the students have social insurance, the frequency of dental examination doesn’t change according to the insurance institution type and the students who don’t have an insurance have dental examination rarely (p 0.05). The plaqe formation has been evaluated after 3 months and in both groups; it has been found that the plaque index ratio is decreased in the education group, and increased in the non-education group significantly (p 0.05).

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Children , dental caries , risk factors , education

Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences

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