Resumen de "Karius and Baktus": A Critical Appraisal of Enger's Seminal Storybook
Florin Eggmann, Julia Bühler, Tatjana Ochsner, Roland Weiger, Clemens Walter
Karius and Baktus, first published in 1949, is one of the most influential storybooks with dental caries as main theme and it remains in wide use far domestic health education. This study aimed at assessing oral health related contents of the historie storybook in the light of the current body of cariologic evidence. Two investigators independently identified phrases in the storybook with cariologically relevant content. Dental health related contents were systematically evaluated with respect to the current body of cariologic evidence. Karius and Baktus highlights important etiopathogenetic and preventive aspects such as sugars consumption and tooth brushing with toothpaste. lts behavior management techniques and narrative health didactics concerning dental care far children are, however, outmoded. The cariologic core statements in Karius and Baktus have remained valid whereas certain narrative features may have sorne drawbacks when employing the historie storybook far educational purposes far young children.
