Abstract

RODRIGUEZ ALBUJA, María José  and  PABLO JARAMILLO, Juan. Effectiveness of an educational program in adolescent women with gingivitis. MEDISAN [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.7, pp. 850-856. ISSN 1029-3019.

An educational intervention in 30 adolescent women aged 14 to 16 that suffered from gingivitis was carried out. They were assisted in the Health Center of Conocoto Parish, in Quito, Ecuador, from July to October, 2016, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program about the disease in females of this age group. For this purpose, a survey, an oral health indicator and the simplified index of oral hygiene were implemented, before and after the intervention. After the educational actions, most of the participants presented a high level of knowledge (83.3%), with a light relationship between this level and the periodontal health, because an improvement was achieved in them when reducing the dental plaque and degree of gingivitis. A positive effect in the oral health of the adolescents was obtained, which showed the importance of combining the information with the preventive treatments

Keywords : women; adolescents; gingivitis; dental health education.

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