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Effectiveness of oral health education in children - a systematic review of current evidence (2005-2011).
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of school-based oral health education interventions on oral health status and oral hygiene behaviors among schoolchildren: an umbrella review.Evidence-based dentistry · 2025Pooled it
- Association of oral health awareness and practice of proper oral hygiene measures among Saudi population: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the school-based oral health promotion programmes from preschool to high school: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Educational interventions in health services and oral health: systematic review.Revista de saude publica · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of online caries management platform in children's caries prevention: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of tooth brushing via a three-dimensional motion tracking system for dental plaque control in school children: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2022Trial
- Motivational interviewing for caries prevention in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Trial
- Randomised controlled trial on differential learning of toothbrushing in 6- to 9-year-old children.Clinical oral investigations · 2018Trial
- Integration of oral health promotion in primary school health programs: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- A quasi-experimental study comparing the effectiveness of lecture-based and drama teaching methods on oral health outcomes in students with intellectual disabilities.European oral research · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Turkish illustrated story books on oral hygiene.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Does the transition from face-to-face to face-to-screen improve oral health literacy? A non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Manual Dexterity and Toothbrushing Efficiency in Preschool Children: A Crossover Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Caries experience and its correlation with caries activity of 4-year-old children in Miyun District of Beijing].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2024Article
- The Impact of Dental Care Programs on Individuals and Their Families: A Scoping Review.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Incidence and risk factors of unplanned retreatment following dental general anesthesia in children with severe early childhood caries.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Developing an Oral Hygiene Education Song for Children and Teenagers in Nigeria.International dental journal · 2022Article
- Evidence based recommendations to improve the children oral health in Saudi Arabia.The Saudi dental journal · 2022Review
- What Do Mothers (or Caregivers) Know about Their Children's Oral Hygiene? An Update of the Current Evidence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Toothbrushing Performance and Oral Cleanliness after Brushing in 12-Year-Old Children.JDR clinical and translational research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSo that resources and manpower are allocated in a way of most benefit to the population, systematic review of available evidence on the effectiveness of programmes and interventions is required.
objectivesTo assess the quality of evidence presented in studies carried out to investigate the effectiveness of oral health education in children.
methodsThe MEDLINE (PubMed) bibliographic database was searched for English-language articles published from 2005 to 2011. Fifty-five articles were identified by the literature search, and the relevance of each article was determined by examining the title and the abstract. Sixteen original research studies met the inclusion criteria. These articles were read in full and scored independently by two reviewers, with scoring based on predetermined criteria. Articles scoring less than 10 were excluded from the study. For each paper that achieved a validity score of more than 10 (n = 11), data concerning the objectives of the intervention, the types and numbers of participants and the outcomes were extracted from the article. Considering the absence of homogeneity among the articles (as a result of variation in the age of subjects, type of intervention and outcome measures) quantitative analysis was not conducted. The publications were grouped based on their outcome measures: (i) plaque and gingival health; (ii) caries incidence; (iii) knowledge, attitude and oral health-related behaviour; and (iv) toothbrushing skills.
resultsThe results of this analysis suggest that further efforts are required to synthesise, systematically, current information about dental health education, along with the maintenance of rigorous scientific standards in research.
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