Abstract

TORRES MAHY, Lidice; PEREZ CAMPOS, Yaima Esperanza; PASCUAL CASAMAYOR, Dianelis  and  NOA DEYA, Yeneyris. Modification to knowledge on oral health in adolescents from "Orlando Fernández Badell" high school. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp.366-374. ISSN 1029-3019.

An educational intervention in 40 students from "Orlando Fernández Badell" high-school in Santiago de Cuba -- selected through single random sampling --, from January to July, 2014 was carried out in order to modify their knowledge on oral health. In the adolescents an oral examination was made and a questionnaire was applied, before and after presenting the program of educational activities which guaranteed the motivation and the significant increment of the knowledge on the aspects under study (95.0%). In the study it was obtained that most of the students ignored necessary information related to the oral hygiene and the cariogenic diet; so the developed educational activity was opportune and effective, because it provided excellent results in the transformation of the knowledge on oral health

Keywords : adolescents; oral health; participative technique; health knowledge.

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