HÁBITOS DE HIGIENE Y MANTENIMIENTO DE CEPILLO DENTAL ANTES Y DESPUÉS DE LA APLICACIÓN DE UN MATERIAL EDUCATIVO

Objective: To evaluate the aspects related to storage and maintenance of the toothbrush, before and after applying an educational material.Methods: A controlled clinical trial in 100 randomized patients was done. The following variables were analyzed: demographic characteristics, knowledge, usage and storage of the toothbrush before and after applying an educative material. Means, modes, medians and standard deviation were determined for all data. Bivariate analyses were performed by Student's t test and Fisher Exact test. For all tests, p≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The frequency of daily use of toothbrush of the total population was 2.9 times per day, the toothbrush was replaced every 5.4 months. After applying the educational material, 70,2% (experimental group) kept individually the toothbrush (p=0.001) compared with 30% in the control group. At the end of the study, 50% of the toothbrush had no dental plaque; out of these 50% mentioned before, 66% were in the experimental group (p=0.001).Conclusion: The educational material produced changes in the maintenance of toothbrushes in the study population.

• Autores: Arias Ayala, Lizeth Tatiana; Hernández Suárez, Victor Manuel; Aránzazu Moya, Gloria Cristina; Martínez López, Carmen Alodia
• Fecha de publicación: 2009
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/37052
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/USTASALUD_ODONTOLOGIA/article/view/1179; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/37052
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 UstaSalud