Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Toothbrushing on Children Performed by Parents who Received Oral Hygiene Instructions

Sevgi Zorlu; Süleyman Emre Meşeli

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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Toothbrushing on Children Performed by Parents who Received Oral Hygiene Instructions

Yazarlar:

Sevgi Zorlu | Süleyman Emre Meşeli

Yayıncı:

Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar:

Çocuk Diş Hekimliği | Periodontoloji | Diş Hekimliği (Diğer)

Dergi:

Aydın Dental Journal Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.41-48

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297797

pISSN:

2149-5572

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Özet:

 Objectives: The importance of parental education who are taken as role models in the acquisition of oral hygiene habits at early ages is known. It was aimed to evaluate the effect of giving oral hygiene instructions to parents on the toothbrushing effectiveness performed by parents on children aged 6-8 years. Materials and Methods: A total of 30 patients and their parents who applied to XXX University, Dentistry Faculty, Pedodontics Department in April 2019 were included. Participants demographic and oral hygiene habits data were obtained on baseline. Subsequently, parents performed toothbrushing on their children. The residual plaque was stained and the Rustogi Modified Navy Plaque Index was recorded from teeth 11, 53  16. Following, parents were instructed about toothbrushing and asked to toothbrush on children for seven days. On the second visit, parents performed toothbrushing on their children and the index was rescored. Significance was set at p0.05. Results: Male and female number was equal and 46.7 of the population was eight years old. 80 of parents had a high school education or higher. 20 of children performed toothbrushing at least twice a day. The mean reduction in plaque score in all teeth following education was significant p0.001. When parents were grouped according to education level, a significant decrease in score of 16 was found in all subgroups p0.05. Conclusion: The findings indicate that instructing parents on oral hygiene has a positive effect on plaque control in their children. This highlights the necessity to develop strategies for empowering parents to take a more pivotal role in addressing this issue.

 Objectives: The importance of parental education who are taken as role models in the acquisition of oral hygiene habits at early ages is known. It was aimed to evaluate the effect of giving oral hygiene instructions to parents on the toothbrushing effectiveness performed by parents on children aged 6-8 years. Materials and Methods: A total of 30 patients and their parents who applied to XXX University, Dentistry Faculty, Pedodontics Department in April 2019 were included. Participants demographic and oral hygiene habits data were obtained on baseline. Subsequently, parents performed toothbrushing on their children. The residual plaque was stained and the Rustogi Modified Navy Plaque Index was recorded from teeth 11, 53  16. Following, parents were instructed about toothbrushing and asked to toothbrush on children for seven days. On the second visit, parents performed toothbrushing on their children and the index was rescored. Significance was set at p0.05. Results: Male and female number was equal and 46.7 of the population was eight years old. 80 of parents had a high school education or higher. 20 of children performed toothbrushing at least twice a day. The mean reduction in plaque score in all teeth following education was significant p0.001. When parents were grouped according to education level, a significant decrease in score of 16 was found in all subgroups p0.05. Conclusion: The findings indicate that instructing parents on oral hygiene has a positive effect on plaque control in their children. This highlights the necessity to develop strategies for empowering parents to take a more pivotal role in addressing this issue.

 Objectives: The importance of parental education who are taken as role models in the acquisition of oral hygiene habits at early ages is known. It was aimed to evaluate the effect of giving oral hygiene instructions to parents on the toothbrushing effectiveness performed by parents on children aged 6-8 years. Materials and Methods: A total of 30 patients and their parents who applied to XXX University, Dentistry Faculty, Pedodontics Department in April 2019 were included. Participants demographic and oral hygiene habits data were obtained on baseline. Subsequently, parents performed toothbrushing on their children. The residual plaque was stained and the Rustogi Modified Navy Plaque Index was recorded from teeth 11, 53  16. Following, parents were instructed about toothbrushing and asked to toothbrush on children for seven days. On the second visit, parents performed toothbrushing on their children and the index was rescored. Significance was set at p0.05. Results: Male and female number was equal and 46.7 of the population was eight years old. 80 of parents had a high school education or higher. 20 of children performed toothbrushing at least twice a day. The mean reduction in plaque score in all teeth following education was significant p0.001. When parents were grouped according to education level, a significant decrease in score of 16 was found in all subgroups p0.05. Conclusion: The findings indicate that instructing parents on oral hygiene has a positive effect on plaque control in their children. This highlights the necessity to develop strategies for empowering parents to take a more pivotal role in addressing this issue.

 Amaç: Oral hijyen alışkanlığının erken yaşlarda kazanılmasında rol model alınan ebeveynlerin eğitilmesi önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışmada 6-8 yaşları arasındaki çocukların ebeveynlerine oral hijyen eğitimi verilmesinin ebeveynlerin çocuklarının dişlerini fırçalama alışkanlıkları üzerine etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya Nisan 2019 tarihinde XXX Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi Pedodonti Anabilim Dalına başvuran ve dahil edilme kriterlerini karşılayan 6-8 yaş arası 30 hasta ve ebeveynleri dahil edildi. İki aşamalı muayene protokolü olarak planlanan bu çalışmada, ilk muayenede katılımcıların demografik verileri ve oral hijyen alışkanlıkları hakkında bilgi alındı. Takiben ebeveynlerden çocuklarının dişlerini fırçalamaları istendi. Kalan plak ebeveyne plak boyama yöntemiyle gösterildi ve 11, 53 ve 16 numaralı dişlerden Rustogi Modifiye Donanma Plak İndeksi kaydedildi. Ebeveynlere diş fırçalama konusunda sözlü ve görsel eğitim verilerek yedi gün boyunca evde çocuklarının dişlerini fırçalamaları istendi. İkinci muayenede ebeveynlerden çocuklarının dişlerini fırçalamaları istendi ve ilgili dişlerden aynı plak indeksi skorlandı. Anlamlılık p0,05 seviyesinde değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Kız ve erkek çocuk hasta sayısının eşit olduğu çalışmada, sekiz yaşındaki çocuklar popülasyonun 46,7sini oluşturmaktaydı. Ebeveynlerin 80i lise ve üzeri eğitime sahipti. Günde en az iki kez diş fırçalama yapanların popülasyona oranı 20idi. Eğitim sonrası tüm dişlerde plak skorundaki ortalama azalmanın anlamlı olduğu görüldü p0,001. Eğitim seviyesine göre ebeveynler gruplandırıldığında eğitim gruplarının hepsinde 16 numaralı dişin plak skorunda anlamlı azalma saptandı p0,05. Sonuç: Bulgular ebeveynlere verilen ağız bakım alışkanlıklarının çocuklarında uyguladıkları plak kontrolüne olumlu etkisini göstermekte ve ebeveynlerin bu konuda daha etkin rol almalarını sağlayacak stratejilerin geliştirilmesi gerekliliğine işaret etmektedir.

Makale detayları

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Toothbrushing on Children Performed by Parents who Received Oral Hygiene Instructions

Yazarlar:

Sevgi Zorlu | Süleyman Emre Meşeli

Yayıncı:

Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar:

Çocuk Diş Hekimliği | Periodontoloji | Diş Hekimliği (Diğer)

Dergi:

Aydın Dental Journal Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.41-48

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297797

pISSN:

2149-5572

dental plaque index

oral hygiene

parents

pediatric dentistryağız hijyeni

çocuk diş hekimliği

dental plak indeksi

ebeveynler

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Sevgi Zorlu | Süleyman Emre Meşeli

Yayıncı: Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar: Çocuk Diş Hekimliği | Periodontoloji | Diş Hekimliği (Diğer)

Dergi: Aydın Dental Journal Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.41-48

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001297797

pISSN: 2149-5572

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Sevgi Zorlu | Süleyman Emre Meşeli

Yayıncı:

Istanbul Aydin University

Ana Başlıklar:

Çocuk Diş Hekimliği | Periodontoloji | Diş Hekimliği (Diğer)

Dergi:

Aydın Dental Journal Vol.9 Issue 2, pp.41-48

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001297797

pISSN:

2149-5572