Effect of health education on oral hygiene status in secondary school students

Objective To investigate the oral hygiene habits of the students and evaluate the effects of oral health education on improving the oral hygiene status of the school students.Methods One hundred and sixty students of a technical secondary school were selected.Survey on tooth-brushing behaviors and related factors in oral health status of the school students was conducted by questionnaire.Students of the school were divided into experimental and control groups.Students in the experimental group were given oral health education,while control group without any intervention.After 3 months,oral hygiene status of the two group students was evaluated.Results Three months later,compared with the control group,calculus index-simplified(CI-S),plaque index(PLI) and gingival index(GI) were all significantly improved in the experimental group(P0.05).Tooth-brushing behavior and diet habits were closely related to the oral hygiene status of the secondary school students,while the family environment and homeplace had no significant differences in the oral hygiene status of secondary school students.Conclusion Intervention through oral health education can effectively improve the oral health status of secondary school students.