Eficácia de um programa odontológico educativo aplicado na zona rural de Araraquara (SP)

• Autor(a) principal: Zuanon, Angela Cristina Cilense [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Azevedo, Elcilaine Rizzato [UNESP], Coldebella, Carmen Regina [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://ojs.unesp.br/index.php/revista_proex/article/view/26; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143183
• topic: Buccal Hygiene; Questionnaires; Pediatric Dentistry; Higiene bucal; Cuestionario; Odontopediatría; Biológicas - Saúde; Higiene bucal; Questionário; Odontopediatria

The objective of the educative programs is to improve buccal health. The more precocious they are carried through, the greater their benefits are. The family involvement is essential to be successful, since children, at very early age, are totally dependent on familiar habits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge level of mothers of children from 0 to 4 years old, inhabitants of the rural area in Araraquara city (SP), on prevention measures for the improvement of their children’s buccal health after an educative program. After seven years of program, an assessment through a questionnaire was made with 38 mothers who were taking part in this program. They answered, individually, questions about buccal hygiene. It was observed that 80% of the mothers carried through the buccal hygiene of their children, while 11% only supervised. The cloth diaper or gauze humidified in water was the most used means (59%), once the time of hygienic beginning occurred in 58% of the cases before the eruption of the first deciduous tooth. The toothbrush was cited by 20% of the mothers, which agrees with the 21% of the interviewed mothers who only initiated the brushing after the deciduous tooth eruption. Thus the conclusion is that educative odontological programs present satisfactory results when applied in long-term and that the professional must play the educator role, standing out to the parents the importance of prevention.