Sowmiya Sree R A, Louis C Joe, Eagappan Ar Senthil, Srinivasan Daya, Natarajan Divya, Dhanalakshmi V
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College & Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2022 Jul-Aug;15(4):417-421. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2411.
Prevention-focused school dental health program (SDHP) is a cost-effective intervention that countries can use to lessen the problem of dental diseases by educating on oral health. The current study aims to assess the effectiveness of parental participation in an SDHP held at periodic intervals on the oral health status (OHS) of children aged 8-10 years attending a local school in Southern India.
The longitudinal study was scheduled between September 2018 and June 2019 (36 weeks) in 120 participants who were healthy school children aged 8-10 years at a private school in Kelambakkam. This 36-week duration study assessed the effectiveness of school dental health education program with and without parents at every 12 weeks interval. The OHS of subjects was assessed using the standard indices [i.e., Decayed, Missing and Filled permanent teeth (DMFT), decayed, extracted, and filled primary teeth (deft), and Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S)]. Friedman's test and Mann-Whitney test were used for analyzing the data as indicated.
In postintervention visits, children with parental participation had significantly lower caries increments than children without parental participation. While the oral hygiene index scores have improved significantly in both groups over time, the improvement in the parental participation group was greater.
It can be concluded that the SDHP is an educational driver that showed a constructive impression on the oral health of children. The participation of the child's parents in SDHP has significantly improved the OHS of children.
Sowmiya Sree RA, Joe Louis C, Senthil Eagappan AR, Effectiveness of Parental Participation in a Dental Health Program on the Oral Health Status of 8-10-year-old School Children. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2022;15(4):417-421.
以预防为重点的学校口腔健康项目（SDHP）是一种具有成本效益的干预措施，各国可通过开展口腔健康教育来利用该措施减轻口腔疾病问题。本研究旨在评估定期举办的SDHP中家长参与对印度南部一所当地学校8至10岁儿童口腔健康状况（OHS）的有效性。
这项纵向研究于2018年9月至2019年6月（36周）在位于凯兰巴卡姆的一所私立学校中120名8至10岁的健康在校儿童中进行。这项为期36周的研究每隔12周评估有家长参与和无家长参与的学校口腔健康教育项目的有效性。使用标准指数[即恒牙龋失补牙数（DMFT）、乳牙龋失补牙数（deft）和简化口腔卫生指数（OHI-S）]评估受试者的OHS。根据指示，使用弗里德曼检验和曼-惠特尼检验分析数据。
在干预后访视中，有家长参与的儿童龋齿增量显著低于无家长参与的儿童。虽然两组的口腔卫生指数评分均随时间显著改善，但家长参与组的改善更大。
可以得出结论，SDHP是一个对儿童口腔健康产生建设性影响的教育驱动因素。儿童家长参与SDHP显著改善了儿童的OHS。
索米亚·斯里·拉、乔·路易斯·C、森蒂尔·伊加潘·AR，家长参与口腔健康项目对8至10岁在校儿童口腔健康状况的有效性。《国际临床儿科牙科学杂志》2022年；15（4）：417 - 421。
