Educational-recreational-associative element of promotion strategies for oral health in children of preschool education.

Authors

  • Carmen Julia Álvarez Montero Instituto de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Odontología. Área de Epidemiología y Práctica Odontológica
  • Rita Navas Perozo Instituto de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Odontología. Área de Epidemiología y Práctica Odontológica
  • Thais Rojas de Morales Instituto de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Odontología. Área de Epidemiología y Práctica Odontológica

Keywords:

educational-recreational-associative component, oral health, educational strategies, preschool

Abstract

This paper analyzed the integration of the educational-recreational-associative element into the oral health-promoting strategies implemented in the preschool education center named “Fuerzas Armadas de Cooperación”, Maracaibo, Venezuela. The condition of oral health-disease was determined in a sample of 32 children by evaluating initial and manifest caries along with plaque and gingival indexes. The oral health conceptions of the parents were learned, afterwards, some activities were designed and carried out to come to a re-definition of concepts and to achieve adoption of observable behaviours in parents and their children alike by holding games and usisng visual resources and guided practices in oral hygiene. It was concluded that the oral health condition of children improved significantly after the required learning, which directly related with the implemented actions and the commitment by parents and professors. This methodology is recommended to plan new teaching/learning strategies.

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Published

2006-04-09

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1.
Álvarez Montero CJ, Navas Perozo R, Rojas de Morales T. Educational-recreational-associative element of promotion strategies for oral health in children of preschool education. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2006 Apr. 9 [cited 2025 Feb. 12];43(2):31-8. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2485

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2006): APR- JUN

Section

Research Article

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