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ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND INTERVENTION ACTIVITIES
CARRIED OUT IN RURAL AREAS OF DAVANGERE DISTRICT.
A GOI WHO COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMME2006 - 2007
BAPUJI DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITALDAVANGERE-577004
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PROJECT TITLE: ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND INTERVENTIONACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN RURAL AREAS OF DAVANGERE DISTRICT.
Principal Investigator :
Dr. RAJU H GDepartment of Community DentistryBapuji Dental College and HospitalDavangere.
Co-Investigators :
Dr. NAGESH LDepartment of Community DentistryBapuji Dental College and HospitalDavangere.
Dr. DEEPA DDepartment of Periodontology and ImplantologyBapuji Dental College and HospitalDavangere.
Contributors:
Dr. Cherian VargheseCluster Focal Point(Non Communicable Diseases and Mental Health)WHO India Control OfficeNEW DELHI.
Dr. K. Sadashiva Shetty,Principal,Bapuji Dental College and Hospital,Davangere.
Dr. Kumar RajanNational ConsultantWHO India and Directorate General of Health ServicesGovernment of India.
Post Graduate Students of Department Of Community Dentistry. Dr. Umesh. K, Dr. Siddana Goud. R, Dr. Shilpa Gunjal,
Dr. Mohammed Imranullah, Dr. Parappa Sajjan Dr. Muthu Karuppaiah,
Clinical Assistants of Department Of Community Dentistry Dr Deepa Reddy Dr Shweta R S Dr Sneha Bhat Dr Rukmini
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PREFACE
Oral health is an integral component of general health. Research in the past few
years has revealed the causal link between oral diseases and systemic diseases. Oralhealth has also been found to profoundly influence the quality of life.
Dental caries and periodontal disease are the highly prevalent diseases in many
populations. They are highly irreversible once they occur and also have complex
etiology. Although primary preventive techniques exist, they do not confer total
protection. Dental caries continues to be a major problem in many countries, especially in
developing countries like India, where it is consistently reflecting increasing trend in last
couple of decades.
The point prevalence surveys conducted by the post graduate students in and
around Davangere have shown persistence of untreated carious lesions among children
in rural areas. It reflects either non-availability of oral health care services or poor oral
health seeking behavior of rural people.
Awareness related to oral health among them is also found to be poor. The
prevailing poor status of oral health prompted us to plan and execute an integrated
programme in the form of assessing oral health awareness, providing oral health
education and treating untreated carious lesions by ART technique for school children in
villages of Mayakonda Hobli. In addition, the oral health awareness was also provided to
selected school teachers and school children.
At this juncture we sincerely acknowledge the logistic support, expertise,
financial assistance and moral support extended by WHO in this endeavour.
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CONTENTS
INDEX Page No.
1. Executive summary 01
2. Introduction 02
3. Aims & Objectives 04
4. Materials and Methods 05
5. Results 12
a. Descriptive datab. Statistical analysis
c. Results
6. Discussion 21
7. Recommendations 23
8. References 24
9. Acknowledgements 25
10. Annexure 26
a. Photos.
b. Questionnaire on Oral Health for Adults/Children.
c. IEC Material.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The present study was conducted in a rural area of Davangere district. It aimed atassessing knowledge, attitude and practices of school children and school teachers
towards oral health in the selected area followed by re-evaluation after imparting oral
health education. The school children were assessed for dental caries experience and
treatment needs applying Dentition status Treatment need index followed by provision of
ART at the site for indicated carious lesions.
A total of 3937 school children aged 9-15yrs were screened and 1002 children
having caries were provided ART. The mean DMF-T was 1.3 and the mean D was
0.95. A majority of the decayed teeth were unfilled typically representing lack of
treatment. The knowledge, attitudes and practices of school teachers showed appreciable
improvement after providing oral health education.
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INTRODUCTION
India is the sixth biggest country by its area but it is the second most populous
country. The developing economy, lack of qualified dental manpower in rural areas and
poor awareness towards oral health has contributed for steady raise in the prevalence of
caries in the last few decades. The annual health budget is 2% of Gross National Product
and there is no specific budget allocated or earmarked for oral health exclusively. There
is an urgent need for oral health policy which can provide the necessary guidelines for
improvement of oral health.
The presence of untreated (unfilled) carious lesions is quite common in rural
areas among school going children. Poor awareness about oral health, lack of dental man
power, lack of required infrastructure and lack of political will are some possible reasons
which have contributed to this picture.
ART is a novel method and highly practical method for treating dental caries in
rural population1. Oral health promotion in the form of oral heath education + ART in
an integrated module as developed in this project offers both primary and secondary
prevention to target population. ART is found to be very economical, patient friendly and
highly acceptable in rural masses.
Fear towards dentistry is one important reason which keeps people away from
seeking treatment for dental caries. The trauma caused by rotary instruments and the
noise generated by them all the more frightens the children. ART being a method which
advocates utilization of only hand instruments for cavity debridement, it is well
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accepted2. The use of Glass Ionomer cement which brings in the advantage of secondary
caries prevention because of Fluoride ion present in it.
Hence in the present study Oral health promotion through oral health educationand provision of ART for indicated carious lesions were utilized in an integrated manner
for providing services to a rural population of Davangere district.
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OBJECTIVES
1) To assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of rural school children andschool teachers towards oral hygiene, oral health and also to assess the dentition
status in school children of rural population.
2) To provide ART to needful 1000 school children.
3) To test the efficacy of ART technique among the school children in ruralpopulation.
4) Children should be made aware of proper techniques of oral hygiene maintenancemeasures through their school teachers, thus making it a self-sustainable
programme.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
Brief profile of the area and population included
Davangere district lies in the central Karnataka. The district was newly formed on
August 15th, 1997. Previously, Davangere was a taluk and it was included under
Chitradurga district. Later the district was formed as a result of restructuring of the
districts of Karnataka state. The sex ratio in the district was 952 women to 1000 men. The
literacy rate in the district was 67.4%. Davangere district has a total of six taluks. The
taluks included under the Davangere district are Davangere, Harihar, Channagiri,Honnali, Harapanahalli and Jagalur.
Davangere taluk has an area of 936.1 kms with a population density of
644person/sq km. It has a total of 153 villages and 40 gram Panchayats. Davangere taluk
has a total population of 6, 02,523 with majority of people residing in Davangere
city.Mayakonda is a Hobli situated in Davangere taluk at a distance of 35 kms. It mainly
consists of agricultural community.
Paddy, Sugar cane, Groundnut, Sunflower, Cotton, Jowar, Ragi, Banana, Mango
to list few which are priority crops. Davangere is also having growing community for
change in traditional crops to medicine plants, floriculture and hybrid crops. Regulated
market located in heart of Davangere city hosts platform for both farmer and dealer for
business. There are many rice mills, oil extraction mills, cotton mills and agriculture
related industries in and around city.
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MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS USED:
The essential Instruments for ART are: Mouth mirror, straight probe, explorer and pair
of tweezers, hatchet, spoon excavators (small, medium and large), plastic filling
instrument and WHO CPI probe.
The essential materials are: Gloves, cotton roll and pellets, GIC Fuji ix,
Petroleum jelly, plastic strips and articulation paper.
Sufficient numbers of instruments and required amount of material were
made available to have smooth uninterrupted examination and treatment. In the field, theused instruments were disinfected using Korsolex.
METHODS
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINSTRATION WORKOUT
1) APPROVAL FROM AUTHORITIES:
Permission to implement the project was obtained from the concerned authorities,
DDPI and Gram Panchayats of Mayakonda Hobli, School Head masters, school teachers
and parents of school children.
2) REQUIRED INFORMATION ABOUT STUDY AREAS:
All required and relevant information regarding the Mayakonda Hobli including
Davangere taluk map was obtained from the census office.
3) SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECT:
The project was systematically scheduled to spread over a period of one year
starting from the month of May 2006. A detailed weekly and monthly schedule was
prepared well in advance by informing and obtaining consent from authorities of
respective rural areas. On an average, 50 subjects were interviewed, examined and
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treated on any given day during the survey period excluding the week ends. Even though
a detailed schedule plan was prepared well in advance, few adjustments and changes had
to be made while working it out practically.
4) INFORMED CONSENT:
Voluntary informed consent was obtained from the parents of selected school
children and the school teachers before administering the questionnaire and providing
treatment.
5) METHOD OF OBTAINING DATA:
The required data, for conducting this study, was collected and recorded usingprinted questionnaire proforma. A structured questionnaire proforma was used which
included questions regarding personal data, socio-demographic profile and all the
probable common risk factors associated with dental caries. This questionnaire in English
script was translated into Kannada script (local language) by a recognized translator so
that it could be used conveniently during fieldwork. The questionnaire was pilot tested
for feasibility and validity. A few modifications were done and final proforma was
designed.
6) DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR DENTAL CARIES:
Dental caries was recorded according to the criteria of Dentition status and treatment
need index as described by WHO-Oral health survey manual (1997).3
7) CALIBRATION AND TRAINING:
Before the implementation of the project, the principal investigator carried out
training of the whole team regarding the criteria for diagnosing the dental caries and also
the treatment of dental caries using the ART approach. A group of subjects were selected
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and examined for dental caries. Subjects were reexamined on successive days using same
diagnostic criteria. The kappa statistics for inter-examiner variability was 0.7 and for
intra-examiner variability was 0.8.
8) PILOT STUDY:
A pilot study was conducted on 50 individuals in Mayakonda of Davangere taluk
in order to check the feasibility and clarity of the questions in the proforma. Few
modifications in the questionnaire in terms of rephrasing, certain additions and deletions
were done before finalizing the questionnaire.
9) SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLING PROCEDURE
Bapuji Dental College & Hospital is a well-known institution in India and is
located in the heart of Davangere city. The majority of field activities of Bapuji Dental
College & Hospital on improvement of oral health of population are focused on places, in
and around Davangere. Even though, there are two dental colleges, serving the
population of rural Davangere, the prevalence of untreated carious lesions is still high,
especially in children. This was another major reason for implementation of the project in
rural Davangere. Initially, the list of all the schools in Davangere taluk was obtained
from the DDPI office and those schools covered under Davangere south were included in
the study. The reason for including Davangere south was because, the southern part of
Davangere was found to show a higher prevalence of dental diseases when compared to
northern part and this was attributed to lack of awareness regarding importance of oral
health and lack of affordability for dental treatment.
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Mayakonda Hobli was selected for the project implementation, which is situated
35kms away from Davangere city. The village of Mayakonda has a population of 5000,
and is the centre place for a majority of surrounding 16 villages.Children from the
villages belonging to this Hobli, study in the schools situated in the head quarters of
Hobli. It was convenient to have an access to school children at school premises in the
Hobli level, which can be an ideal representation of the complete Hobli. All the schools
present in the Mayakonda Hobli were included in the project. Initially, all the school
children aged, 6-16 years were included and examined. Later, only the age group range
of 9-15 years were included in the project because the treatment need was high in thepermanent dentition.
10) INFECTION CONTROL:
The examiner used disposable mouth masks and gloves during examination. The
sterilization of the instruments was done using both chemical and physical methods.
Korsolex (Gluteraldehyde 7.0 gms; 1-6 dihydroxy 2.5 dioxyhexane 8.2 gms and
polymethyl urea derivative 11.6 gms) was diluted by adding 1 part to 9 parts of potable
water and the instruments were disinfected using this disinfectant and later sterilization
was carried out by placing instruments in the pressure cooker. At the end of the days
clinical examination and treatment, the instruments were sterilized in autoclave.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT:
The implementation of the project was done in two parts. The part one was related
to school children and the part two was related to school teachers.
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PART ONE:
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Oral examination of each subject was done by seating each subject on a chair inthe daylight using required instruments. The investigator applied Dentition status
and treatment need index to assess caries experience and the data was recorded in
the specially prepared proforma.
2. Provided Atraumatic Restorative Treatment for 1002 school children.3. The knowledge, attitude and practices of selected school children towards oral
health was recorded by using the structured questionnaire in local language.
4. Provided oral health education on scheduled days using the educational aids likemodels, charts, manuals and audio-visual aids to the school children.
PART TWO
This part constituted of:-
1. Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of school teachers towards oralhealth by using pre-designed questionnaire.
2. Providing oral health education to all selected school teachers using models,manuals, charts, and audio-visual models at school premises.
3. Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practices towards oral hygiene maintenanceand oral health was done after educational intervention using specific
questionnaire in selected school children and school teachers.
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RESULTS
A project sponsored by WHO was implemented in Mayakonda Hobli, to assess
the knowledge, attitude and practices of all the school children belonging to 9-16 years of
age towards oral hygiene practices and oral health. The school children were also
screened for their caries experience using Dentition status and treatment need index, a
total of 3937 school children aged 9-15 years were screened and 1002 school children
having caries were provided ART.
The mean DMFT was found to be 1.3. The mean D, mean M and mean F
were found to be 0.95, 0.15and 0.20 respectively. The prevalence of dental caries was
found to 25.45% in the school children.
1000 school teachers from Davangere taluk were assessed for their knowledge,
attitude and practices towards oral hygiene and oral health using questionnaire. They
were later provided oral health education and post-interventional evaluation was done
using the same questionnaire to know the effect of oral health education.
The knowledge attitude and practices(KAP) of school children was found to be
less than satisfactory when the data of the questionnaire was subjected to qualitative
assessment whereas among school teachers it was found to be just satisfactory. Post
educational intervention KAP assessment showed improvement in their oral health
awareness.
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Teachers results
The following are the findings of the questionnaire study conducted among
teachers.K-1. Has oral health got any role on general health?
a. Yes b. No c. Dont know
The above graph shows the distribution of responses to K-1. Most of the
individuals (98%) said oral health played an important role in general health.
K - 2. How can you prevent dental problems?
a. Avoiding sweets and sticky food
b. Brushing regularly
c. Mouth rinsing after meals
d. Regularly visiting a dentist
e. All of the above
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The above graph shows the distribution of responses to K-2. Most of the
individuals (30%) said by avoiding sweets and sticky foods they can prevent dental
problems. 26% of the individuals said brushing regularly can prevent dental problems.
After health education majority of the teachers appraised the role of all other reasons.
K - 3. Do you know that clean mouth can prevent tooth decay?
a. Yes b. No
The above graph shows the distribution of responses to K-3. A maximum number
of individuals said that they knew a clean mouth prevents dental decay.
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K - 4. Does your tooth paste contain fluoride?
a. Yes b. No c. Dont know
The above graph shows the responses to K-4. 56% of the individuals used
fluoridated tooth paste. 16% of the individuals used non-fluoridated tooth paste and the
remaining didnt know whether they used fluoridated tooth paste or not.
After health education majority of the teachers came to know that tooth paste
contains fluoride and the anti-cariogenic property of Fluorides.
K - 5. Do you know what Floss is?
a. Yes b. No
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This graph shows the distribution of responses to K-5. A total of 55% of the
individuals did not know what floss is. The remaining 45% said that they knew what was
meant by floss. After health education everybody learnt how to use floss.
K - 6. Regular cleaning of mouth can prevent
a. Bleeding from gums
b. Loosening of gums
c. Loss of teeth
d. Bad smell
e. All the above
The above graph shows the distribution of responses to K-6. 32% of the total
respondents said that regular cleaning of mouth can prevent bleeding from gums. After
health education majority of them claim that clean mouth can prevent all of those
conditions.
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P - 1. How often you clean your teeth?
a. Once daily
b. Twice dailyc. More than twice daily
d. After every meal
The above graph shows the distribution of responses to P-1. More than 50% of the
individuals cleaned their teeth once daily (53%). Very few (5%) cleaned their teeth after
every meal. After health education they came to know that brushing after every meal is
more beneficial.
P - 2. How often you change your brush?
a. Once in 3 months
b. Once in 6 months
c. Yearly once
d. When bristles get frayed up
e. Dont know exactly
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The above graph shows the distribution of responses to P-2. 59% of the total
individuals changed their brush once in 3 months. Only 3% of the individuals changed
their brush yearly once. After health education they appreciated the loss of efficiency due
to fraying of the bristles.
G - 1. Have you made an attempt to give education related to teeth and mouth to your
students?
a. Yes b. No
The above graph shows the distribution of responses to G-1. A maximum number
of individuals (92%) made an attempt to give education related to teeth and mouth to
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their students. The remaining (8%) did not make an attempt to give education related to
teeth and mouth to their students.
After health education they were appraised about the profound influence they bear
in modifying the childrens attitude towards oral hygiene practices.
If yes, to question no G - 1 then
G 2 . What kind of oral health education have you given to your school children?
a. Education about the teeth types, functions, structure and eruption.
b. Education about brushing, good dietary habits, injurious oral habits.c. Education about tooth decay, gum diseases, irregular teeth, their causes, treatment and
prevention.
The above graph shows the distribution of responses to G-2. More than 50% of
the teachers gave education about the teeth types, functions, structure and eruption
(56%).
G - 3. How have your students responded to oral health education?
a. Favorably
b. Unfavorably
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The above graph shows the distribution of responses to G-3. 93% of the students
responded favorably to oral health education.
G - 4. Do you think oral health education has benefited your school children?
a. Yes b. No
This graph shows the distribution of responses to G-4. 97% of the respondents
said oral health education has benefited their school children.
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DISCUSSION
Oral health Promotion:
Primary school teachers have been utilized as health education agents for school
children in many countries. This was in response to the call by the World Health
Organization (WHO) for the use of alternative personnel in the primary health care
approach in the struggle to fight preventable diseases. The present project aimed at
assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices of selected school children and school
teachers towards oral hygiene and oral health in selected rural areas of Davangere.
Pre-test and post-test within group assessment of knowledge, attitude and
practices towards oral hygiene and oral health among the school teachers reveal they had
moderate attitude and behavior towards oral health related issues and these results are
similar to study done by Mwangosi IEAT and his associates in Tanzania.4
Teachers wanted more information about oral health and were in favor of
including topics related to oral health in the school curriculum. Though they knew sticky
sweets are responsible for caries the exact mechanism of caries occurrence was unknown
to them.
In school children the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral hygiene
and oral health was less than satisfactory. A significant number of school children though
were using tooth brush were not aware of its importance and exact method of using them.
After providing oral health education children were found to have gained better
knowledge. For attitudes and practices to change it may take more time as it is said that
health education has long term impact than immediate effect. Similar results were
obtained in study done by Peterson PE et al.5
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Intervention programme:
Dental caries is a highly prevalent dental disease amongst school children, which
is frequently neglected by the children and the parents until it reaches terminal stages
with painful consequences. Multiple untreated carious lesions are frequently observed
among rural children because of low priority attached to dental care by the rural masses.
Lack of awareness, unavailability of dental man power and fear towards dental treatment
compound this problem. The present intervention programme consisted of assessing the
dentition status and treatment needs of the children aged 9-15 yrs and providing
atraumatic restorative treatment to the selected sample of school children.
Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) is a new approach to the management of
dental caries, it is a treatment procedure that involves removal of soft, demineralized
tooth tissue, using hand instruments alone followed by restoration of the tooth with an
adhesive restorative material, such as Glass Ionomer cement in the present programme
Fuji IX Glass Ionomer Cement was used for restoration.
In this project out of 3932 school children 1002 school children were selected to
receive Atraumatic Restorative Treatment. The prevalence of dental caries was found to
be 25.45%. In this project, it was both feasible and practical to use the ART approach in
rural school children. A total of 1416 teeth were restored by this technique among 1002
selected school children. It was encouraging to find that vast majority of these young
children who had no prior dental treatment experience found this treatment approach
acceptable. This was probably because the treatment was provided in the familiar setting
of their schools. Similar findings were reported by Lo ECM AND Holmagren J.6
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RECOMMENDATIONS
In the current study it was observed that the rural school going children although
had less than alarming level of caries experience, a majority of carious lesions were un-
restored and active by nature. If allowed to continue would certainly result in
complications. The knowledge, attitude and practices towards oral health although not
dismal but was poor among school children and moderate among school teachers.
Evaluation after the educational intervention showed positive changes in the Knowledge,
Attitude and Practices of school teachers which may facilitate transfer to school children
for a long term.
1. Oral health promotion through well structured oral health education programme(tailor method) can create positive change in awareness and also sensitize them to the
respective issues. Encourage oral health promotion activities at primary health care
level.
2. At primary health centre a special manpower as oral health educator can be createdby giving training or the existing health educators can be trained by conducting crash
courses, so that they can take care of oral health education to rural masses.
3. ART was found to be well accepted treatment by rural school children. Specificmanpower (A special dental auxiliary), named as RURAL SCHOOL DENTAL
NURSE can be trained to deliver ART to rural school children.
4. The same rural school dental nurse can be delegated the duty to provide ART forrural masses other than the school children during school vacations.
5. Ministry of Health should encourage and endorse National oral health policy whichcan provide clear directions for oral health care delivery at national level.
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REFERENCES
1. Frencken JE, Songpaisan Y, Phantumvanit P, Pilot T, An atraumaticrestorative treatment (ART); Rationale, Technique and Development. J Public
health dent 1996; 56 (3): 135-40.
2. Frencken JE, Holmgren CJ. Manual for ART.
3. WHO, ORAL HEALTH SURVEY - BASIC METHODS, 4TH EDITON(1997),GENEVA.
4. Mwangosi I E A T, Nyandindi U. oral health related knowledge, behaviors,attitude and self assessed status of primary school teachers in Tanzania. Int Dent
J. 2002: 52(3) : 130-136
5. Petersen PE, Danila I, Samoila A. Oral health behavior, knowledge, andattitudes of children, mothers, and schoolteachers in Romania in 1993. Acta
Odontol Scand. 1995 Dec;53(6):363-8.
6. Lo E C M and Holmgren J . Provision of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART)restorations to Chinese pre-school children- a 30-month evaluation. Intl J Paed
dent. 2001;11: 3-10
7. Multi centric Oral Health Survey of WHO Govt. of India, Unpublisheddata, 2004-05.
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AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It is my immense pleasure to thank the World Health Organization and the
Government of India for selecting our institution for the project.
It is my deep sense of gratitude; I thank Dr. Cherian Verghese and Dr. Kumar
Rajan, for their inestimable aid, unflinching support, keen surveillance, valuable guidance
and help rendered in completing this project.
I am grateful to Dr. K. Sadashiva Shetty, Principal, Bapuji Dental College and
Hospital, Davangere, for his ever encouraging support of academic pursuits.I would like to thank Dr Nagesh L, Professor and Head, Department of
Community Dentistry with reference, for he has guided and inspired me throughout the
project.
I would like to thank Dr.Deepa D., Reader, Department of Periodontics and all the
post-graduate students of Department of Community Dentistry, for their help in
successively completing this project.
I thank the deputy director of public instructions and the block educational
officer, Davangere. For their cooperation and I also thank the school teachers and the
school children for their active participation.
My sincere thanks to Mrs. Rajshree Patil, Bio-statistician, S S Institue of Medical
Sciences, Davangere for her help in carrying out the statistical analysis.
Dr. Raju. H.G
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ANNEXURE
Photographs of school children being screened
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Photograph Showing Providing Health Education to the School Children
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Photographs of schoolchildren undergoing ART
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Photograph showing Investigator discussing with National Consultant (WHO)
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Questionnaire for ChildrenWHO PROJECT
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN
RURAL AREAS OF DAVANAGERE DISTRICT TOWARDS ORAL HYGIENENote: Please tick the appropriate answer ( )
A. KNOWLEDGE:
K1. Has oral health got any role on general health?a. Yes b. No c. Dont know .
K2. What does irregular tooth brushing cause?a. Decayb.
Gum Diseasec. Bad Breath
d. Stains on Teethe. Nothingf. Dont Know
K3. Why do we get dental problems?a. Eating sweets and ice creamsb. Not brushing properlyc. Not rinsing the mouthd. Not regularly visiting a dentiste. Any others specify..
K4. How can you prevent dental problems?a. Avoiding sweets and sticky foodb. Brushing regularlyc. Mouth rinsing after mealsd. Regularly visiting a dentiste. All of the above.
K5. Do you know that clean mouth can prevent tooth decay?a. Yes b.No
K6. Do you know that a dentist can clean and polish your teeth?a. Yes b.No
K7. Does your tooth paste contain fluoride?a. Yes b.No c. Dont know
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K8. Do you know what is a floss?a. Yes b.No
K9. Regular cleaning of mouth can prevent
a.
Bleeding from gumsb. Loosening of gumsc. Loss of teethd. Bad smelle. Any other specify.
B. ATTITUDE
A1. Do you think maintaining healthy mouth is individual responsibility?a. Yes b.No
A2. Do you think that improving and maintaining health of the mouth is not in yourControl?a. Yes b.No
A3. Have you visited a dentist before?a. Yes b.No
A4. If yes, then for what reason?a. Decayb. Painc. Fillingd. Extraction
Any other reason specify
A5. Do you think it is required to visit a dentist periodically to maintain the health ofYour teeth and mouth?
a. Yes b.No
C. PRACTICE
P1. How do you clean your teeth?a. Tooth Brush and Tooth Pasteb. Tooth Brush and Tooth Powderc. Finger and Tooth Powderd. Neem Stickse. Any other Specify
P2. How often you clean your teeth?a. Once dailyb. Twice daily
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c. More than twice dailyd. After every meal
P3. How do you brush your teeth?a. Use horizontal strokesb.
Use vertical strokesc. Both in horizontal and vertical directions
d. Circular strokesP4. How often you change your brush?
a. Once in 3 monthsb. Once in 6 monthsc. Yearly onced. When bristles get frayed upe. Dont know exactly
P5. What amount of paste you apply on your brush?a. Full length of bristlesb. Half length of bristlesc. Pea sized amountP6. Do you press the paste in between the bristles?
a. Yes b.No
P7. Do you rinse your mouth after meals?a. Yes b.No c. Sometimes
P8. Do you clean your tongue?a. Yes b.No
P9. How do you clean your tongue?a. Tongue cleanerb. Fingersc. Tooth brushd. Any others specify ..P10. Do you use any other oral hygiene aids?a. Mouth Washb. Dental Flossc. Tooth Picksd. Any Other Specify
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DENTITION STATUS AND TREATMENT NEEDS55 54 53 52 51 61 62 63 64 65
18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
CR
T
85 84 83 82 81 71 72 73 74 75
48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
C
R
T
Primary teeth
crown
Permanent teeth
crown / rootStatus Treatment
A 0 0 Sound 0 = NoneB 1 1 Decayed P = Preventive, caries
arresting care
C 2 2 Filled & decayed F = Fissure sealantD 3 3 Filled, no decay 1 = One surface fillingE 4 - Missing as a result of caries 2 = Two of more surface
fillings
- 5 - Missing any other reason 3 = Crown for any reason
F 6 - Fissure sealant 4 = Veneer or laminateG 7 7 Bridge abutment special crownor veneer
/ implant5 = Pulp care and restoration
- 8 8 Unerupted tooth (Crown) / unexposedroot
6 = Extraction
T T - Trauma (fracture) 7 = Need for other can (specify) ..
- 9 9 Not recorded 8 = Need for other can (specify ..
9 = Not recorded
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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF SCHOOL TEACHERSWORKING IN RURAL AREAS OF DAVANAGERE DISTRICT TOWARDS ORAL
HYGIENE
Note: Please tick the appropriate answer ( )A. KNOWLEDGE:
K1. Has oral health got any role on general health?b. Yes b. No c. Dont know .
K2. What does irregular tooth brushing cause?a. Decay
b. Gum Diseasec. Bad Breathd.
Stains on Teethe. Nothing
f. Dont KnowK3. Why do we get dental problems?
c. Eating sweets and ice creamsd. Not brushing properlye. Not rinsing the mouthf. Not regularly visiting a dentistg. Any others specify..
K4. How can you prevent dental problems?h. Avoiding sweets and sticky foodi. Brushing regularlyj. Mouth rinsing after mealsk. Regularly visiting a dentistl. Any other specify ..
K5. Do you know that clean mouth can prevent tooth decay?a. Yes b.No
K6. Do you know that a dentist can clean and polish your teeth?a. Yes b.No
K7. Does your tooth paste contain fluoride?a. Yes b.No c. Dont know
K8. Do you know what is floss?a. Yes b.No
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K9. Regular cleaning of mouth can preventa. Bleeding from gumsb. Loosening of gumsc. Loss of teethd.
Bad smelle. Any other specify.
B. ATTITUDE
A1. Do you think maintaining healthy mouth is individual responsibility?a. Yes b.No
A2. Do you think that improving and maintaining health of the mouth is not in yourControl?
a. Yes b.NoA3. Have you visited a dentist before?
a. Yes b.No
A4. If yes, then for what reason?a. Decayb. Painc. Fillingd. Extraction
Any other reason specify
A5. Do you think it is required to visit a dentist periodically to maintain the health ofYour teeth and mouth?
a. Yes b.No
C. PRACTICE
P1. How do you clean your teeth?a. Tooth Brush and Tooth Pasteb. Tooth Brush and Tooth Powderc. Finger and Tooth Powderd. Neem Stickse. Any other Specify
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P2. How often you clean your teeth?a. Once dailyb. Twice dailyc. More than twice dailyd. After every meal
P3. How do you brush your teeth?a. Use horizontal strokesb. Use vertical strokesc. Both in horizontal and vertical directionsd. Circular strokes
P4. How often you change your brush?a. Once in 3 monthsb. Once in 6 monthsc. Yearly onced.
When bristles get frayed upe. Dont know exactly
P5. What amount of paste you apply on your brush?a. Full length of bristlesb. Half length of bristlesc. Pea sized amount
P6. Do you press the paste in between the bristles?a. Yes b.No
P7. Do you rinse your mouth after meals?a. Yes b.No c. Sometimes
P8. Do you clean your tongue?a. Yes b.No
P9. How do you clean your tongue?a. Tongue cleanerb. Fingersc. Tooth brushd. Any others specify ..
P10. Do you use any other oral hygiene aids?a. Mouth Washb. Dental Flossc. Tooth Picksd. Any Other Specify
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D. GENERAL
G1. Are there topics related to teeth and mouth in the present school curriculum?a. Yes b.No
G2. Have you been trained to give education on topics related to teeth and mouth toSchool children?
a. Yes b.No
G3. Have you made an attempt to give education related to teeth and mouth to yourStudents?
a. Yes b.No
If yes, to question no G3 thenG4. What kind of oral health education have you given to your school children?
a. Education about the teeth types, functions, structure and eruption.b. Education about brushing, good dietary habits, injurious oral habits.c. Education about tooth decay, gum diseases, irregular teeth, their causes, treatment
and prevention.
G5. What methods are you employing to give oral health education to school children?a. Oral Health Talksb. Models, Charts and Postersc. Any others
G6. How have your students responded to oral health education?a. Favorablyb. Unfavorably
G7. Do you think oral health education has benefited your school children?a. Yes b. No
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LIST OF SCHOOLS
Sl no School
1 Government high school, Avaragolla.
2 Government higher primary school, Avaragolla.
3 Government higher primary school Angodu
4 Government high school, Huvinamadu
5 Government higher primary school, Huvinamadu
6 Sri maganur basappa high school, Taralabalunagara, belavanuru
7 Government high school, Ramagondanahalli
8 P.N.H.G.K. High school, Attigere
9 Sri maralu siddeshwara high school, Mayakonda
10 Government higher primary school, Gopnal11 Government junior college, Gopnal
12 Government Urdu primary school, Gopnal
13 Government higher primary school, Taralabalunagara
14 Government higher primary school, Hadadi
15 Sri matruti high school, Davangere
16 Sri maruti junior college, Hadadi
17 Government higher primary school, Bada
18 Government higher primary school, Anaberu19 Government pre university college, Mayakonda
20 Government higher primary school, Mayakonda
21 Government pre university college, Mayakonda
22 Girls residential high school, Mayakonda
23 Government higher primary boys school, Mayakonda
24 S T G school, Bada
25 Sri Anaberu kenchappa high school, Bada
26 Government higher primary girls school, Mayakonda
27 S A K higher primary school, Bada
28 S G V boys school, Anaberu
29 Government higher primary school, Mayakonda
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IEC Materials: ( Teachers manual)
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