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Daily, Dry Toothbrushing in Kindergarten
Author(s) -
Lee A. John
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1980.tb02074.x
Subject(s) - dental health , psychology , face (sociological concept) , behavior change , preschool education , developmental psychology , oral health , mathematics education , medical education , dentistry , social psychology , medicine , sociology , social science
Dental Health educators, when utilizing the traditional classroom approach, face a problem in attempting to motivate preventive dental behavior among kindergarten children. That is, an increase in knowledge and/or positive changes in attitude do not necessarily result in positive behavior change.