Effect of oral health education in the form of Braille and oral health talk on oral hygiene knowledge, practices, and status of 12–17 years old visually impaired school girls in Pune city: A comparative study

Bhor, Ketaki; Shetty, Vabitha; Garcha, Vikram; Nimbulkar, Gargi

doi:10.4103/2231-0762.192938

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“…All the children were then given one-to-one oral hygiene education and motivation by the institution teachers so that they could learn proper brushing skills. 38 Similar results were seen in a study conducted by Bhor et al 13 that compared effectiveness of oral health education by means of Braille booklets only and combined effect of Braille booklet and oral health talks. The results showed that oral health education in both forms, Braille and combination of Braille and oral health talks, was instrumental in improving the oral health knowledge, oral hygiene status, and practices of these children but continuous reinforcement in form of oral health talks showed better results.…”

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“…Similar results were observed in the study conducted by Hebbal and Ankola, 32 in which subjects who brushed twice daily increased to 58.3% after health education as compared to 45.8% subjects who brushed once daily before health education. 2 Similarly, in a study conducted by Bhor et al, 13 the frequency of toothbrushing increased from once to twice daily after implementation of oral health educational program.…”

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“…Improving knowledge and teaching oral hygiene practices to these children require special approaches such as the introduction of oral health education booklets typed in Braille and a continuous reinforcement in the form of oral health talks. 13 Instructions need to be clear and simple to understand in targeting children's personal needs and also adapts to their educational level and cognitive ability with continuous reinforcement. 14,15 Various ideas have been proposed in the literature on delivering oral health education to the visually impaired.…”

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Assessment of Oral Health Educational Program on oral health status of visually impaired children in New Delhi

Aggarwal

Goswami

Dhillon

2019

Special Care in Dentistry

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Aim The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the effectiveness of Oral Health Education programme on Oral Health Status of visually impaired children in New Delhi. A specially designed oral health educational programme consisting of audio aid, Braille booklet and individualized training was implemented to educate and motivate visually impaired children for maintaining their oral health. Methods and results A total sample size of 120 children in the age group of 5–15 years was selected and questionnaire based on WHO criteria 2013 was administrated. In oral examination caries status using DMFT/S and dmft/s and oral hygiene status using plaque index given by Sillness and Loe was evaluated at the baseline and re‐evaluated after nine months. Oral Health Educational Programme was implemented and reinforced every month for nine months. Results showed that at the end of nine months 55.04% children started brushing twice daily as compared to 30% children at baseline. There was a statiscally significant decrease (0.1887±0.332) in plaque index scores at the end of nine months. Conclusion It was concluded that Oral Health Educational Programme was effective in improving the oral hygiene status among visually impaired children.

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Assessment of Oral Health Educational Program on oral health status of visually impaired children in New Delhi

Aggarwal

Goswami

Dhillon

2019

Special Care in Dentistry

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“…Bhor et al [17] evaluated the effect of oral health education using Braille instructions in combination with discussions on oral hygiene techniques. The effect of Braille instructions and audio recordings on the level of oral hygiene of blind institutionalised children has been studied by Mahantesha et al [18] At the beginning, the children's oral health knowledge was poor due to their institutional background, where they had received no information about the importance or oral hygiene.…”

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Oral hygiene education of special needs children. Part 2: visually impaired children

Doichinova

Gateva

Hristov

2019

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment

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The purpose of this study was to implement an educational programme for oral hygiene for visually impaired children. It involved 30 children with total blindness aged 7-14 years: 13 boys and 17 girls. For their training, specially designed training materials were made, including magnified gypsum teeth models with and without cavities resembling carious lesions, Braille instructions for oral hygiene and embossed images printed out on special microcapsule paper presenting the sequence of the toothbrushing movements. To facilitate the maintenance of oral hygiene at home, a special CD with children's favourite music was made, divided into fragments by a bell ring that indicates the time to change the area to be toothbrushed. The music meets the time required to clean all the tooth surfaces for three minutes. The oral hygiene level was assessed using the Greene and Vermillion-Simplified Oral Hygiene Index. The approved one-year oral hygiene educational programme showed a significant improvement in the oral hygiene habits of the visually impaired children. There was a slow improvement in the oral hygiene levels in the first month. The trend continued until the end of the one-year period, the results obtained being statistically significant compared to the baseline. The motivation and education of visually impaired children with Braille instructions and magnified tooth models were essential to improve the oral hygiene status.

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“…The study was conducted in the course of 8 weeks. [6][7][8][9][10] First Visit (Interactive Session)…”

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Evaluating the Oral Health Knowledge and the Status of Visually Impaired Children using Braille

Kudtarkar¹

2018

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry

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Introduction:Oral health has great impact on the overall health and well-being of an individual. The Disability Discrimination Act, 1995 states that there is need to ensure removal of all the barriers to dental care for this group of individuals and provide equal access for all. Hence, the present study aimed to create awareness on the importance of the oral health care needs among visually impaired children.Objectives: To assess the oral health knowledge, attitude and awareness using Braille-scripted questionnaire and to evaluate and correlate the influence on oral hygiene practices following oral health education using Braille-formatted material. Materials and methods:A total of 100 visually impaired children were selected randomly from two residential blind institutes. Twenty open-ended Braille-formatted questions were scripted in regional language (Kannada) and were distributed to all the children. At baseline, simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S) was recorded. Children were provided with oral hygiene instructions verbally and in Braille-formatted material individually. At the end of 2 months, the OHI-S index was rerecorded. Data collected were statistically analyzed.Results: Basic oral health knowledge was fair as evidenced by many children. The study revealed that 67% of children were aware of the importance of health of mouth and teeth over the health of body. In the present study, 78% of children cited that mother was the one who takes care of teeth. These dental visits were mostly reported either as attending the dentist whenever they had dental problems (38%) or as never having visited dentist 36%. The OHI-S scores before and after intervention showed highly statistically significant results (p = 0.001). Conclusion:Visually impaired children showed acceptable improvement following Braille-scripted oral hygiene instructions with the key factor being the repetition and reinforcement of those instructions.

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Effect of oral health education in the form of Braille and oral health talk on oral hygiene knowledge, practices, and status of 12–17 years old visually impaired school girls in Pune city: A comparative study

Cited by 18 publications

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Assessment of Oral Health Educational Program on oral health status of visually impaired children in New Delhi

Assessment of Oral Health Educational Program on oral health status of visually impaired children in New Delhi

Oral hygiene education of special needs children. Part 2: visually impaired children

Evaluating the Oral Health Knowledge and the Status of Visually Impaired Children using Braille

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