Effectiveness of a school dental education program in improving oral health knowledge and oral hygiene practices and status of 12- to 13-year-old school children

Indian Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Shenoy, Rekha P ^a   Sequeira, Peter S ^b  

^a YENEPOYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Dental health education; oral health knowledge; oral hygiene status; schoolchildren; socioeconomic class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; GINGIVAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049353335     PISSN: 09709290     EISSN: 19983603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.66652     Document Type: Article

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