Programa educativo sobre higiene dental dirigido a los niños y niñas de la escuela Jhon F. Kenedy de la comunidad Mercedes Cadena. Guamote-Chimborazo. 2012

Abstract

This study was a descriptive of quasi-experimental design in which worked with a study group of 53 students in fifth, sixth and seventh level of basic education of Jhon F. Kennedy School, community Mercedes Cadena in Guamote Canton. To identify through a survey the socio-demographics characteristics, knowledge and practices in dental hygiene, it was validated for experts, through the diagnosis was detected wrong levels knowledge of 75%, being one of the principal causes for unhealthy practices exist, due to the limited information they have, both at home and school. Regarding practices only 45% brush their teeth three times a day so we designed an educational program to increase their knowledge by implementing educational intervention plans. It was concluded that this was achieved through awareness in general population specially children of replicate the program in other levels of education in order to prevent these dental problems in children, managing to increase their knowledge and thus improve their quality of life.