Bok-Hee Kang; Sun-Nam Park; Kyeong-Yae Sohng; Jung-Soon Moon

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Effect of a Tooth-brushing Education Program on Oral Health of Preschool Children: Bok-Hee Kang, Sun-Nam Park, Kyeong-Yae Sohng, Jung-Soon Moon; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2008;38(6):914-922.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2008.38.6.914
Published online: December 31, 2008

¹Nurse, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea.

²Assistant Professor, Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.

³Professor, College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Moon, Jung-Soon. College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-040, Korea. Tel: 82-2-590-1285, Fax: 82-2-590-1297, jsmoon@catholic.ac.kr

• Received: August 1, 2008 • Accepted: December 1, 2008

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Purpose
To examine the effect of tooth-brushing education on the oral health of preschoolers.
Methods
A quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group was used. Two kindergartens were selected and 39 preschoolers from one kindergarten were assigned to the experimental group with tooth-brushing education and 39 from the other kindergarten to the control group. The tooth-brushing education program included 1 session on oral health education, individual tooth-brushing instruction for 1 week and supervised tooth-brushing after lunch for 4 weeks. Oral health behavior including use of tooth paste, tooth-brushing time and method of tooth-brushing, plague, streptococcus mutans, lactobacillus and dental caries were measured before and after the education. Fisher's exact test, t-test and paired t-test with the Window SAS 9.1 program were used to analyze the data.
Results
A significant increase in the use of tooth paste, tooth-brushing time and the practice of correct tooth-brushing and a decrease in plague and development of dental caries were observed in the experimental group.
Conclusion
This tooth-brushing education was partially effective in improving oral health of preschoolers.
Keywords: Tooth-brushing; Preschool children; Oral health

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Table 1

Homogeneity between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 2

Changes in Tooth-brushing Method and Use of Toothpaste between the Experimental and Control groups

^*Fisher's exact test.

Table 3

Changes in Tooth-brushing Time between the Experimental and Control groups (Unit : sec)

Table 4

Changes in Plaque, Streptococcus Mutans and Lactobacillus between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 5

Changes in Number of Decayed, Missed and Filled Teeth between the Experimental and Control groups

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Effect of a Tooth-brushing Education Program on Oral Health of Preschool Children

Table 1

Homogeneity between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 2

Changes in Tooth-brushing Method and Use of Toothpaste between the Experimental and Control groups

^*Fisher's exact test.

Table 3

Changes in Tooth-brushing Time between the Experimental and Control groups (Unit : sec)

Table 4

Changes in Plaque, Streptococcus Mutans and Lactobacillus between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 5

Changes in Number of Decayed, Missed and Filled Teeth between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 1 Homogeneity between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 2 Changes in Tooth-brushing Method and Use of Toothpaste between the Experimental and Control groups

^*Fisher's exact test.

Table 3 Changes in Tooth-brushing Time between the Experimental and Control groups (Unit : sec)

Table 4 Changes in Plaque, Streptococcus Mutans and Lactobacillus between the Experimental and Control groups

Table 5 Changes in Number of Decayed, Missed and Filled Teeth between the Experimental and Control groups