Oral Health Education Intervention to Assess Oral Health Knowledge and Behavioral Change

<p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate an oral health education intervention on oral health behaviors, oral health knowledge, and diet/amount of sugar consumed by fifth and sixth graders attending charter schools in the city of San Bernardino. Caries status of this particular population was recorded via dmft/DMFT and ICDAS. 143 students (aged 9-13 years) completed a 19 question pre-intervention survey related to oral health behaviors, dental knowledge and diet/amount of sugar consumed. Subjects then participated in an oral health education intervention comprised of an oral health education video and an interactive oral health game. An oral exam recorded caries status via dmft/DMFT and ICDAS. Four weeks later, subjects completed a post-intervention survey to assess the amount of information retained and satisfaction of the intervention. Data was analyzed using SPSS v23, and the level of significance was set as P</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Pediatric Dentistry

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Baker, Ryan Bakhshi

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chen, Jung-Wei
• Arnett, Marjorie
• Okumura, Wesley

• Dentistry
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Pediatric Dentistry and Pedodontics
• Oral Hygiene; Health Behavior; Diet; Health Knowledge
• Oral Health; Oral Health Education Intervention; Dental Knowledge

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/371

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1364