SynthesisRevista de saude publica2018
Educational interventions in health services and oral health: systematic review.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral hygiene, dental caries, and periodontal status in the migrant population. A systematic review, a 10-year study.Head & face medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Oral health education interventions for people living with HIV: a scoping review of delivery approaches and reported outcomes.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Oral Self-Care as a Preventive Strategy in Medicated Older Adults: Biological Mechanisms, Genetic Susceptibility, and Public Health Implications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Oral Health Intervention Strategies for Self-Caring Adults With Disabilities: A Systematic Review.International journal of dentistry · 2026Review
- Exploring Oral Health in Children From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds Using Social Practice Theory Lens: A Scoping Review.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- The Effect of an Educational Intervention in Dental Traumatology on General Dentists' Knowledge: A Study in the Public Dental Service of Western Norway.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2025Article
- Barriers to Oral Hygiene Self-Management Among Patients with Oral Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy: A Qualitative Study Using the COM-B Model.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2025Article
- Oral health conditions and unmet need among Chinese male adults: a national oral health survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of oral health promotion in children and adolescents through behaviour change interventions: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among patients with combined dentition defect and non-functional impacted teeth toward tooth autotransplantation.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Educational Videos Comparing Single Versus Multiple Topics: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Oral Health Survey in Burundi; Evaluation of the Caries Experience in Schoolchildren Using the DMFT Index.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Assessing the Student Nurses' Knowledge of Oral Health Care.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- Parental stress and dental caries experience in adolescents: analysis of data from a birth cohort study in Pelotas, Southern Brazil.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2023Article
- Barriers to prevention in oral health care for english NHS dental patients: a qualitative study of views from key stakeholders.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Web-Based Modules on Human Papillomavirus Among Dental and Dental Hygiene Students.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- Influence of Tooth Brushing and Previous Dental Visits on Dental Caries Status among Saudi Arabian Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Risk of violence and frailty syndrome among older adults treated at a hospital service.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE To analyze the effectiveness of educational interventions performed in health services in the improvement of clinical behaviors and outcomes in oral health. METHODS We have carried out a systematic review of the literature searching the PubMed, Lilacs, and SciELO databases. We have included studies that have investigated interventions performed by health professionals working in health services and who have used educational actions as main approach to improve behavioral and clinical outcomes in oral health. RESULTS The search amounted to 832 articles and 14 of them met all the inclusion criteria. Five studies have only exclusively evaluated the effectiveness of interventions on caries reduction, three have exceptionally evaluated oral health behaviors, and the other articles have evaluated the effectiveness of interventions for both clinical outcomes (dental caries and periodontal conditions) and behaviors in oral health. Most of the studies (n = 9) were based on randomized controlled trials; the other ones have evaluated before and after the intervention. Five studies have reported a significant reduction of dental caries, and five of the six studies evaluating behavioral outcomes have found some positive change. CONCLUSIONS Most studies evaluating behavioral and periodontal outcomes have shown significant improvements in favor of interventions. All studies evaluating caries have shown a reduction in new lesions or cases of the disease in the groups receiving the interventions, although only five of the eleven articles have found a statistically significant difference. Educational interventions carried out by health professionals in the context of their practice have the potential to promote oral health in the population.
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