Introduction:

children's oral health is an important objective in the context of public health policy.

Objective:

to analyze knowledge of oral health habits and oral hygiene levels in students aged six and seven years.

Methods:

cross-sectional, observational and descriptive study. The universe consisted of 30 students aged six and seven years, respectively, of the Huachi Grande educational unit, second year of basic parallel A, in the 2022-2023 academic year. The sample coincided with the universe and was obtained by non-probabilistic convenience sampling. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The results were presented in tables and graphs to facilitate analysis and discussion.

Results:

children aged seven years predominated (60,4 %), 33,7 % of them were male and 26,7 % were female. 86 % of the children used the toilet. Eighty-six percent of the children used a toothbrush; however, 13 % of the children did not use a toothbrush, which is not a figure to be underestimated considering the number of the sample studied. Forty percent brushed three times a day, 30 % brushed twice a day and 13,3 % did not brush their teeth at some time during the day.

Conclusions:

applying this type of tool allows us to determine the hygienic habits of schoolchildren and to be able to subsequently work on the causes from the point of view of health promotion and even find the influence of the socioeconomic conditions of each family on these habits.

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