Effectiveness of oral health education among parents

Abstract

Oral health education, as a part of oral health promotion, has been considered as essential and basic part of dental health services. Parents have an important role in making decisions about their child’s oral health. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of oral health education on oral health-related knowledge and attitudes of parents .A structured questionnaire was formulated and distributed as google forms pre and post oral health awareness program and it was found that there was a drastic increase in Knowledge among parents and caregivers which was statistically significant .It can be concluded that oral health education is an effective means of improving the knowledge and oral health practices among parents which will be beneficial to the Child’d oral and hence overall health.

Keywords: Oral health education, structured questionaire.