title: The most effective and essential way of improving the oral health status education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Oral health is an essential component of health throughout life. Two major oral diseases, dental caries and periodontal diseases, are both ancient and widespread. The oral health situation analysis demands that the preventive program be implemented in both the developing and developed countries. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of delivering the primary preventive strategies through non dental and dental personnel.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develops the preventive package for improving the oral health status of children utilizing the different communication approaches. To find out the most feasible and effective communication approach for delivering the preventive package. To evaluate the changes produced in terms of various soft and hard core parameters after 6 months of implementation of the oral-health preventive package in the school children of different study groups as compared to control.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted on total of 972 children in the age group of 5-16 years who were randomly selected from four schools of Chandigarh and Panchkula to evaluate and compare the prevalence of dental caries and knowledge, attitude, and practice about oral health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of various parameters indicate that direct communication through the dentist proved to be the most effective communication approach as compared to the other two indirect communication approaches.
authors: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Swami Devi Dayal Dental Hospital and Dental College, Haryana, India. drchachra@in.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Chachra
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Dhawan
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Kaur
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002326:Cariogenic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000517:prevention & control; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006267:Health Education, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009067:Mouthwashes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009909:Oral Health; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014099:Toothbrushing
chemical_list: D002326:Cariogenic Agents; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D009067:Mouthwashes; D012969:Sodium Fluoride