2017, Number 2
Education degree, prevention, and dental importance: reality in parents from Leon, Guanajuato
González FM, Rocha NML, González FAC
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the level of dental education, prevention, and the importance of caries and periodontal disease in parents of primary level children in the city of León, Gto. Material and methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study, a survey was applied to 1,249 parents whose children study in six different primary schools. The survey had 18 questions about dental education, prevention, and importance. A comparison was made between parents whose children study in private and public schools and between the level of studies of parents in the level of dental education and dental prevention. Results: It was found a moderate level of dental prevention (48.04%) and a high level of dental education (49.48%), almost all parents think that temporal teeth are important (87.43%); 65.89% of the parents considered their own teeth as «very important», 28.02% as «moderately important», 5.12% as «little important» and 0.96% as «no important». They also affirm that dental health is as important as systemic health (98.88%). There were more parents with children from private schools with high levels of dental prevention and education than children from public schools. It was also observed that in the high level of dental education and prevention, the higher the level of studies were in parents, the most of them were found in those levels. Conclusions: Due to the high level of dental education, and a moderate level of prevention, it was observed that people don’t practice what they know, even though they think teeth are important, so it would be convenient to design a method to assure that preventive measures are done and find out the reasons why they are not taking place.REFERENCES