Dental health education during pregnancy ; Educación para la salud dental durante el embarazo

In health education it is important to emphasize knowledge about oral hygienic techniques in order to decrease the morbidity due to caries and periodontal disease. The Dental Office of the National lnstitute of Perinatology has developed educational activities with patients during the last ten years. With this experience, we have created an educational program concerning hygienic techniques designed to prevent the commonest oral diseases. We undertook an investigation to evaluate the results of this educational program. Experimental and control groups were subjected to a program including a 90 minute conference, a booklet and a video about caries, periodontal disease and oral hygienic techniques. The experimental group also had six practical sessions related to teeth brushing and dental thread usage. We evaluated the knowledge and the oral hygienic techniques. The results show un initial increase in knowledge in both groups; however, a later evaluation showed a decrease towards the original level. The difference in the group with practical training was evident. We agree with other authors on the necessity of a continuous education program. ; En la educación para la salud se incluye la difusión de conocimiento y prácticas sobre higiene bucal tendientes a disminuir la frecuencia de presentación de la caries y de la enfermedad parodontal. El Servicio de Odontóloga del Instituto Nacional de Perinatología tiene una década /llevanda a cabo actividades educativas con las pacientes. Se instrumentó un programa educativo, y se planteó /levar a cabo una investigación que permitiera conocer el impacto del programa sobre las pacientes. Fueron formados dos grupos, uno experimental y otro control, y se les impartió el programa teórico, que contó con una sesión de 90 minutos con apoyo didáctico impreso y un video acerca de las caries, enfermedad parodontal y técnicas higiénicas bucales. El grupo experimental cantó además con seis sesiones prácticas, coincidentes con la atención curativa de la boca. Los resultados evidenciaron ...