title: [Effect of careful tooth-brushing instruction by teachers on incipient gingivitis in school children].
abstract: At the Hiraizumi Primary School in Iwate Prefecture, 84 children with incipient gingivitis were selected at the annual dental examination in May. And the teachers instructed these children individually how to remove the remaining dental plaque. Moreover, the children were checked for the cleanliness of the teeth and inflammation of the gingiva by the teacher or their parents three times a day during the one week just before the second examination. In July the second examination was held and it was revealed that in sixty-three of eighty-four selected children the incipient inflammation of gingiva had improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry and Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yonemitsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takashima
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D014099:Toothbrushing