Tooth Brushing in Children

Effectiveness of Peer Education of Tooth-Brushing in Children

Dear Editor, Dental caries and periodontal diseases are still considered the most frequent oral ailments and considered as public health problems, which could result in the loss of dental structures and its support. Although dentistry has experienced great advances, the prevention of dental caries and periodontal diseases are still the best form of treatment. 1 Therefore, education of patients ...

Self-perceived oral health influences tooth brushing in preschool children.

This study assessed the influence of socioeconomic and clinical factors, as well as parent's perception of child's oral health on the toothbrushing frequency of 0-5-year-old children. The study was carried out in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, during the National Children's Vaccination Day, and 478 children aged 0-5 years were included. Data were collected by clinical examinations and a structured qu...

Effective teaching of tooth-brushing to preschool children.

PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to compare artificial tooth-brushing models (TBM) and individual modeling regarding their efficacy in teaching the correct brushing movements to younger preschool children. METHODS A total of 141 30- to 50-month-old preschool children who had not been previously instructed on tooth-brushing were enrolled in the present trial. Four different model ...

effectiveness of peer education of tooth-brushing in children

Tooth brushing as routine behaviour

Regular tooth brushing is considered an excellent preventive measure for oral plaque control. Yet despite over one hundred years of effort by dental professionals, levels of tooth brushing remain distressingly low. Evidence from a variety of studies suggests that tooth brushing is commonly performed in a regularised, automatic (i.e., routine) manner. Here it is argued a routine can be considere...

Tooth brushing inhibits oral bacteria in dogs

In this study, scaling, polishing and daily tooth brushing were performed in 20 beagle dogs, and the number of oral bacteria was determined using a bacterial counter. The dogs were randomized into the scaling (S), scaling + polishing (SP), scaling + tooth daily brushing (SB) and scaling + polishing + tooth daily brushing (SPB) groups. Samples were collected from the buccal surface of the maxill...