Effects of a school visit dental health programme upon the attitudes of undergraduate dental students in England.
A programme of structured school visits during the dental undergraduate course was used to assess attitudes and changes of attitudes of dental students to aspects of dental health education. Participating students showed the greater changes of attitude towards community dental health education and developed better understanding of correct dietary and oral hygiene advice. However, in spite of these attitude changes the participating students were not convinced that this type of dental health education was very effective in the prevention of dental disease.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004739:England; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D012571:School Dentistry; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*