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A peer-led dental education program for modifying oral self-care in Mexican children
María Del Carmen Villanueva-Vilchis1, Jolanta Alekseju-Niene2, Benjamín López-Núñez1
1Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. León, Guanajuato, México.
Objective:
To compare peer-led dental education (PLDE) versus conventional dental instruction (CDI) in modifying children's oral self-care.
Materials And Methods:
The intervention group (two schools) received PLDE and the control group (two schools) received CDI. The quality of oral self-care practice (OSC-P) and oral self-care skills (OSC-S) were indicated by dental plaque levels (%) and compared before and after dental education.
Results:
There were no baseline OSC-P differences between the control (55.8 ± 12.8%) and intervention (55.5 ± 14.6%) groups or OSC-S differences between the intervention (38.5 ± 13.2%) and control (38.1 ± 12.5%) groups. At the three-month follow-up we observed OSC-P deterioration in the control group (63.2 ± 15.0%) and OSC-P improvement in the intervention group (52.2 ± 15.6%). The OSC-P/OSC-S regression models found these predictors: baseline oral self-care, group affiliation, and mother's education (p<0.05).
Conclusions:
The hypothesis was confirmed and significant predictors were baseline oral self-care levels, group affiliation, and mother's education.
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