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School-based Oral Health Education Program Using Experiential Learning

NCT02320162 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 351

Last updated 2017-08-30

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Summary

The aim of this project was to compare the effectiveness of experiential learning (EL) and traditional lecturing (TL) school-based oral health education on the oral health knowledge, attitude, habits, oral hygiene, gingival health and caries incidence of 10 and 13-year-old Greek children. Thee hundred and fifty children were selected from three areas of Greece. Information on oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviour were obtained using a questionnaire. Dental plaque was recorded using a modified hygiene index, gingivitis was assessed using the simplified gingival index and dental caries was measured by recording the number of Decayed, Missing and Filled teeth (DMFT) using the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) criteria. All children were examined by two calibrated dentists, using a World Health Organisation (WHO) periodontal probe and artificial light. Questionnaires were delivered and clinical examinations were performed at baseline and at 6 and 18 months post-intervention. The EL oral health educational program was implemented by teachers using the program's manual.

Conditions

  • Caries
  • Gingivitis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Experiential learning oral health education

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Matina Angelopoulou

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Constantine Oulis, DDS,MS,PhD · Dental School, University of Athens

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

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