The quantity of information which parents and their seven-year-old children have on the affects of nutrition, oral hygiene and fluoride prophylaxis on dental health

Igić, Marija; Apostolovic, Mirjana; Kostadinović, Ljiljana; Trickovic-Janjic, Olivera; Surdilovic, Dusan

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“…First of all, we can say that it is due to the lack of children's knowledge gained by dentists, parents, teachers, means of mass communication, or perhaps lack of interest of children (parents). Data from this study are similar to data from the literature 13,18,19,23 , while 77% of Croatian adolescents were informed about the positive effect of fluoride on caries development 8 . Of all the fluoride preparations, toothpaste with fluoride is used by 4.3% of Sarajevo twelve year olds 10 .…”

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“…The level of awareness of the importance of oral hygiene and its maintenance, increases with the age of children and it is more pronounced among children living in urban areas 12,19,23 .Twelve year olds living in Banja Luka maintain their oral hygiene with toothbrush and toothpaste 18 . A toothbrush as the only oral hygiene tool is used in 90.8% of twelve and fifteen year olds 24 .…”

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“…Boys are more frequent consumers of soft sticky foods. Studies conducted worldwide have shown that children are informed about the effects of candy on dental health 8,12,19,23,24 but sweet meals, mostly chocolate, cakes, fizzy drinks are most frequently consumed, at least once a day 14,15,18,24,25,30 .…”

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Most respondents stated that they began to brush their teeth at the age of 4, while a smaller number linked beginning of tooth brushing to the start of school. The parents more often help the boys during tooth brushing. A total of 54.9% of children brush their teeth after every meal, while 40.1% of them brush teeth only once during the day. Twelve year olds brush their teeth more often, especially after a meal. A total of 92.5% of children had never used fluoride tablets nor are the tablets recommended to them by anyone. More than half of the children (61.7%) visited the dentist for the first time before starting school that is on the regular examination that is performed upon enrollment to school. A pain as a reason for dental visits was present in 43.9%, while the preventive check in only 31.4% of the children. CONCLUSION; Children included in this study, particularly 15-year-olds, are quite well informed about teeth brushing frequency and proper selection of tools for hygiene maintenance, but this knowledge is not applied. Girls are more responsible for their own health, and come regularly to the preventive dental checkups.

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“…. However, the fluoride-prophylaxis is not well known about in Serbia, especially in rural areas [9], which points to the necessity of promoting oral health in all, and especially in less developed countries [10][11][12]. Preventive fluoride agents are recommended for children who are at high risk for dental caries, although they are not profitable economically for large-scale massive application [13,14].…”

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Monitoring the quality of oral health among the population of schoolchildren

Vasiljević

Cvetkovic

2017

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Introduction. Improvement of the quality of dental care is necessary for efficient prevention of oral diseases. The aim of this study was to analyze: the efficiency of the recommended work quality parameters in the Dental Health Care Service of the Health Center Zemun in 2014 and 2015; compare 7-and 12-year-olds in terms of having all healthy teeth and topical application of fluoride; presence of orthodontic anomalies in 12-and 14-year-olds, and assess the caries index (decayed-missing-filled teeth) in 12-year-old children. Material and Methods. The retrospective study included 7-, 12-, 14-, and 18-yearolds and assessed their oral health in 2014 (n = 4.317) and 2015 (n = 6.575). Results. A higher percentage of examinees kept their dental appointments in 2015 than in 2014 (82% and 60%, respectively). Out of 3.723 seven-year-olds, 36.6% had all healthy teeth, as well as 43.69% out of 3.170 of 12-year-olds. Out of 3.723 seven-year-olds, 65.26% had topical application of fluoride, as well as 78.73% out of 3.170 of twelve-year-olds. High percentages of orthodontic anomalies were found in both fourteen and eighteen-year-olds in 2015 (p<0.05). The average decayed-missing-filled teeth index in twelve-year-olds was 1.30 in 2014 and 1.68 in 2015. Conclusion. A higher percentage of all healthy teeth, and of topical application of fluoride in twelveyear-olds compared to the seven-year-olds, indicates that seven-yearolds keep their dental appointments more regularly, and consequently the prevention of oral diseases is more successful. Since the presence of orthodontic anomalies is high in both fourteen and eighteenyear-olds, and fewer children of both age groups respond to regular dental checkups, an intensified prevention of oral diseases is necessary in children.

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The quantity of information which parents and their seven-year-old children have on the affects of nutrition, oral hygiene and fluoride prophylaxis on dental health

Abstract: This research suggests a need to intensify health education activities, especially in the rural environment.

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Knowledge, attitudes and behavior of children in relation to oral health

Knowledge, attitudes and behavior of children in relation to oral health

Monitoring the quality of oral health among the population of schoolchildren

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