Actitudes y hábitos de salud oral de los escolares de 12 años de la zona de salud de Burela (Lugo)

• M. Oroza Ballesteros ; Juan Manuel Seoane Lestón ^[1] ; E. Crespo Marqués ; Pablo Ignacio Varela Centelles ^[1] ; V. Rodríguez
  1. [1] Departamento de Estomatologia, Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela;
• Localización: Acta pediátrica española, ISSN 0001-6640, Vol. 61, Nº. 2, 2003, págs. 76-82
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • Aim: To identify attitudes towards oral health among 12 year-old schoolchildren in the Burela Health Area (northern Lugo Province, Spain). Method: Anonymous, voluntary, self-administered questionnaire. Results: Two hundred sixty-five children (75.07% of the total) agreed to enter the study. Ninety-seven percent of the students brush their teeth regularly, and most of them (49.1%) three times a day. Only 21.5% use dental floss, 20.8% of the children have learnt the brushing technique they use on their own, 11.8% of the sample have never visited a dental clinic and 81.4% of the students are not afraid of visiting dental practitioners. Conclusions: The oral health habits of 12 year-olds in our health area are quite satisfactory, although more efforts aimed at teaching brushing techniques and at promoting the use of dental floss are needed.