Research Article: Impact of an Educational Intervention on Oral Health Knowledge and Bacterial Plaque Control in Male Secondary School Students in a Peruvian Province: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Abstract:
One of the most critical problems faced by several countries is the lack of knowledge regarding oral health care. This is reflected in the estimates published in the Global Burden of Disease study for the year that reported three and a half billion people affected by oral diseases, with dental caries being one of the most prevalent, since it has affected two thousand three hundred million inhabitants with permanent dentition and more than five hundred and thirty million children with primary dentition.– In Peru, according to the last epidemiological study, the prevalence of dental caries was found to be .% and .% in the mixed and permanent dentition, respectively.,
Introduction:
One of the most critical problems faced by several countries is the lack of knowledge regarding oral health care. This is reflected in the estimates published in the Global Burden of Disease study for the year that reported three and a half billion people affected by oral diseases, with dental caries being one of the most prevalent, since it has affected two thousand three hundred million inhabitants with permanent dentition and more than five hundred and thirty million children with primary dentition. – In Peru,…
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