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Effects of a school visit dental health programme upon the attitudes of undergraduate dental students in England
Author(s) -
Howat Alison P.,
Rock W. P.,
Foster T. D.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1982.tb00372.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dental health , dental hygiene , dental education , family medicine , oral hygiene , oral health , medical education , health education , dentistry , nursing , public health
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 hygien advice. However, in spite of these attitude changes the participating students were not convince of that this type of dental health education was very effective in the prevention of dental disease.