[The awareness of oral hygiene in Swedish and German school children]

Within the framework of an epidemiological survey of the dental and periodontal conditions in Swedish and German school children born in 1965, the children were asked to answer ten questions regarding oral hygiene in a questionnaire. When comparing the ten answers regarding the consciousness of oral hygiene, significant differences in knowledge were observed with the exception of information given with respect to their own toothbrush. This difference may be interpreted to the effect that the Swedish children are better aware of the importance of oral hygiene than the German children.