Influence of health education on knowledge and behavior about oral health care of pupils in primary schools in Taizhou

Objective To explore the influence of health education on knowledge and behavior about oral health care of primary pupils,to carry out oral disease prevention,and to provide scientific basis for the government to formulate relative oral health policies.Methods Totally 4 000 pupils in 6 primary schools in Hailing,Taizhou were selected by stochastic cluster sampling method,and then oral health education was carried out for 3 months.Questionnaire surveys were conducted respectively before and after oral health education,and the variation of knowledge and habits were compared before and after oral health education.Rusults Statistical differences in results of all of the 17 questions about oral health knowledge,habits and the cognition of pit and fissure sealant for caries existed in pupils before and after health education(P0.01),and all of the results after education were higher than before.Conclusions A planed and long-term health education should be conducted to primary pupils in Taizhou.