This study targets the preventable issue of dental caries in children by evaluating oral health knowledge, motivations, and behavioral skills
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention program will be a single interactive digital media-based educational session to be administered to the schoolchildren lasting in approximately 60 to 90 minutes,The participants will r
Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention Behavioral
Intervention group,Control group
Sponsors
Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
9 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants will include grades 5-6 elementary schoolchildren. 2. Participants with written consent from parents/ guardians and assent from the learners.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Schoolchildren with orthodontic treatment during the course of the study. 2. Learners having advanced oral diseases or other serious medical conditions or vision/hearing disabilities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Oral health knowledge, motivation, behavioral skills, toothbrushing practices, and oral hygiene status before, after the intervention, after 1 week, and after 1 month Information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) questionnaire, toothbrushing performance and Simplified-Debris Index (DI-S) score | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Caries experience and dietary habits before intervention and after 1 month Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT) and Sweet score | — |
Countries
Philippines
Contacts
Public ContactJoseph Acosta
Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University
Outcome results
None listed