Oral health education in schools: Promoting health agents

International Journal of Dental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-216

  Garbin, C A S ^a   Garbin, A J I ^a   Dos Santos, K T ^a   Lima, D P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental health education; Health promotion; Preschool child; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; TEACHING; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 70350493147     PISSN: 16015029     EISSN: 16015037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2009.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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