Evaluación del conocimiento en educadores sobre higiene buco-dental en niños preescolares

• Autor(a) principal: Almaráz, Maria Teresa
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Figueiredo, Márcia Cançado, Carvallo, Alba, Ferreira, Beatriz, Benitez, Graciela, Altmark, Walter, Vigo, Beatriz, Olivetti, Miguel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/108517
• topic: Odontopediatria; Odontologia preventiva : Educacao do paciente : Crianca; Higiene bucal; Oral hygiene; Oral hygiene; Preschool children; Toothpaste; Educators; Preescolares; Dentífricos; Educadores

Early childhood is a crucial stage in human development and health care is an impact strategy. Preescholar centres allow the appplication of educational and preventive measures. Objetives: -to assess the knowledge of educators on oral hygiene, -to campare the data about toothpaste dosification with a similar study from Porto Alegre (Brazil). The work was done with 72 educators from 8 Infant and Family Care Centres (CAIF)-Child and Adolescent Institute (INAU) of Uruguay. Data was collected trough a structured survey. Results: a) 59% begins to use fluoride toothpaste when children become two years old, b) 88% dose fluoride toothpaste according to establish patterns.