Assessment of Children's Oral Health Care Practices and their Dental Problems | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 50, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Page 684-691 PDF (170.56 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.244267 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ayat Ibrahim Mossallam Naeim; Wafaa El-Sayed Ouda,; Eman Amin Mohammed | ||||
| Pediatric Nursing Department – Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Oral health is crucial for general health, and a fundamental nursing responsibility as it is a state of being free from mouth and oral infection, periodontal disease, tooth decay, tooth loss, and other diseases that affect millions of children. Aim: This study aimed to assess children's oral health care practices and their dental problems. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive design was conducted at outpatient dental clinics at both Ain Shams and Tanta University Hospitals. Tools of data collection involved I- a structured questionnaire to assess school age children knowledge as regards oral health care and dental problems. II- Dental Assessment Sheet to assess children's dental problems. III - Tooth brushing and flossing checklist (reported practice) to assess children's oral health care practices. Results: The study findings revealed that the majority (95%) of the studied children had decayed teeth. There was a highly statistically significant difference between studied children's decayed teeth and their total oral health care reported practices. Conclusion: The study concluded that the children's oral health care practices are tooth brushing and flossing technique and the children's dental problems are dental caries, dental injury and gingivitis and also concluded that there was appositive relation between children's oral health care practices and their dental problems. Recommendations: Educating the children proper tooth brushing with fluoride toothpaste, flossing technique through mass media and limiting sugar-containing takeaway food and beverage consumption, to provide adequate nutrition for children. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Dental problems; Knowledge; Nurse; Oral health; Practice; School children | ||||
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