Open AccessThe quantity of information which parents and their seven-year-old children have on the affects of nutrition, oral hygiene and fluoride prophylaxis on dental health
Author(s) -
Marija Igić,
Mirjana Apostolović,
Ljiljana Kostadinović,
Olivera Tričković-Janjić,
Dušan Šurdilović
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0910421i
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , hygiene , oral health , population , health education , environmental health , dental health , fluoride , rural population , rural area , incidence (geometry) , dentistry , pediatrics , public health , nursing , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , physics , pathology , optics
Health education plays a crucial road in maintaining good oral health of human population and, primarily, in reducing the incidence of caries as one of the most frequent oral diseases. This implies the need for a change in the behaviour of individuals, groups or the society as a whole, in terms of the following: establishing a proper nutrition regime, establishing the habit of maintaining oral hygiene and the use of fluorides. The goal of the paper is to determine the quantity of information which parents and their seven year old children have on the effects of nutrition, oral hygiene and fluoride prophylaxis on dental health in rural and urban environment.