Children's retention of dental hygiene instruction. Report of a pilot study.
Following three days of instruction in dental hygiene regarding correct brushing, plaque control, and nutrition, 23 hospitalized children between 4 and 13 significantly (p less than .05) improved practices in plaque control and brushing.
D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000517:prevention & control; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D014099:Toothbrushing