Resumen de 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, E. Crespo Marqués, Pablo Ignacio Varela Centelles, V. Rodríguez
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.
