Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding dental fluorosis.

Abstract

Dental fluorosis remains one of the commonest disorders affecting the teeth, starting right from the early age. Hence, the importance of preventing dental fluorosis is at the school age level. To a certain extent (as per WHO; 0.6 ppm) fluoride ingestion is useful for bone and teeth development, but excessive ingestion causes a disease known as Fluorosis. The severity of dental fluorosis depends on the amount of fluoride exposure, the age of the child, individual response, and weight, the degree of physical activity, nutrition, and bone growth.

Aim: The study aimed at assessing the pre-test level of knowledge among parents of primary school children regarding dental fluorosis, to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on dental fluorosis among parents, to associate pre-test & post-test knowledge scores parents of primary school children with their socio-demographic variables such as age, gender, occupation, qualification of parents.

Method: A one group pre-test post-test pre-experimental approach was adopted. The study was conducted among 60 parents of primary school children conveniently selected from the village of Vadodara district.

Result: It was found that the impact of the health awareness programme in terms of increase in knowledge score of parents of primary school children was 5.78% whereas an increase in skill of was found to be 14.18%.

Conclusion: There is a need for a reeducation and knowledge about dental fluorosis for the parents of primary school children.