Introduction:

buccal diseases prevention within health promotion is a universal need. It is health professionals’ responsibility to contribute to teenagers and young people sanitary education, in order they achieve not only oral health theoretical knowledge but also practice and cooperation, in favor of their own health and community wellbeing.

Objective:

to assess an effective educational program about the modification of buccal health knowledge level in teenagers from “Rafael Freyre Torres” High School in Rafael Freyre municipality, Holguín, since September 2014 to February 2015.

Methods:

a non-observational study of the kind community intervention was carried out. The universe was 158 students of 9th grade and the sample was 50 students. A survey and a dental-bacterial plaque control were also applied. The Educative Program “Our goal is to have a healthy mouth” was put into practice.

Results:

this research showed a 50% of the teenagers with a regular knowledge level about buccal health before program intervention; after the 86% presented a good level of knowledge. Before program intervention, the majority of individuals had a deficient oral hygiene; after, they presented an efficient oral hygiene. After program intervention, the level of knowledge about dental cavities, periodontal diseases, dental traumatisms and buccal cancer was good.

Conclusions:

the Educational Program “Our goal is to have a healthy mouth” confirmed to be effective since satisfactory results were obtained according to the positive modification of knowledge about buccal health.

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