Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate an oral health education intervention on oral health behaviors, oral health knowledge, and diet/amount of sugar consumed by fifth and sixth graders attending charter schools in the city of San Bernardino. Caries status of this particular population was recorded via dmft/DMFT and ICDAS. 143 students (aged 9-13 years) completed a 19 question pre-intervention survey related to oral health behaviors, dental knowledge and diet/amount of sugar consumed. Subjects then participated in an oral health education intervention comprised of an oral health education video and an interactive oral health game. An oral exam recorded caries status via dmft/DMFT and ICDAS. Four weeks later, subjects completed a post-intervention survey to assess the amount of information retained and satisfaction of the intervention. Data was analyzed using SPSS v23, and the level of significance was set as P

LLU Discipline

Pediatric Dentistry

Department

Pediatric Dentistry

School

School of Dentistry

First Advisor

Chen, Jung-Wei

Second Advisor

Arnett, Marjorie

Third Advisor

Okumura, Wesley

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

2016

Date (Title Page)

6-2016

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Oral Hygiene; Health Behavior; Diet; Health Knowledge

Subject - Local

Oral Health; Oral Health Education Intervention; Dental Knowledge

Type

Thesis

Page Count

33

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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