Introduction:

Having evaluation tools for health promotion actions that integrate their principles allows us to identify achievements and areas of opportunity to improve dental health practices.

Objective:

To design a valid and reliable instrument to evaluate oral health promotion activities.

Material and Methods:

A socioformative rubric was built on the basis of the five principles of health promotion. An instrumental study was carried out for the validation of the instrument based on experts judgment and the application to a pilot group of 30 dentists.

Results:

The expert judgment determined the validity of content for the 22 items that make up the instrument (V. Aiken >0.80, ICI >0.70). The instrument was applied to a pilot group of 30 participants. The results showed that the instrument has a favorable reliability (Cronbach's alpha: 0.875, 95% CI: 0.801 + 0.931).

Conclusions:

The rubric obtained is a relevant instrument, valid in content and with acceptable reliability.

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