Abstract

GARCIA CARDENAS, Belkis; GALVEZ MOYA, Maydelis  and  YERAS GARCIA, Marisol Georgina. Educational intervention at "Paco Cuesta" Primary School. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.3, pp. 466-471.  Epub July 01, 2021. ISSN 1029-3043.

An educational intervention study was carried out in 48 students belonging to "Paco Cuesta" Primary School which is located in the «XX Anniversary» health area from Santa Clara municipality, Villa Clara, during the 2016-2017 academic year. The objectives of this research were to identify the learning needs about deforming oral habits in fourth-grade school children, and to evaluate the results obtained, in the population under study, in the short term period. The results showed that the adolescents positively modified the information they had on these topics based on the instructions of the professionals.

Keywords : health education, dental; finger sucking/adverse effects; tongue habits/adverse effects; malocclusion/etiology.

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