Effectiveness of Dental Checkups Incorporating Tooth Brushing Instruction

Effectiveness of dental checkups incorporating tooth brushing instruction.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of dental checkups incorporating tooth-brushing instruction (TBI) with that of conventional dental checkups. A team consisting of one dentist and three dental hygienists saw an average of 60 employees per day on-site at an airline company. The patient's teeth were stained with a disclosing tablet and the results recorded on a Plaque Con...

Effectiveness of Peer Education of Tooth-Brushing in Children

Dear Editor, Dental caries and periodontal diseases are still considered the most frequent oral ailments and considered as public health problems, which could result in the loss of dental structures and its support. Although dentistry has experienced great advances, the prevention of dental caries and periodontal diseases are still the best form of treatment. 1 Therefore, education of patients ...

Tooth Brushing in Children

Toothbrush is a well-known tool in oral care. Effective tooth brushing can help in the management of dental caries and periodontal disease. Familiarity of children with this device is important. Dentists and their assistant need adequate information about children's oral hygiene to educate them and their parents. The aim of this review was to pinpoint the main issues of brushing teeth in childr...

effectiveness of peer education of tooth-brushing in children

Tooth brushing as routine behaviour

Regular tooth brushing is considered an excellent preventive measure for oral plaque control. Yet despite over one hundred years of effort by dental professionals, levels of tooth brushing remain distressingly low. Evidence from a variety of studies suggests that tooth brushing is commonly performed in a regularised, automatic (i.e., routine) manner. Here it is argued a routine can be considere...