Objective: To assess and compare the effectiveness of oral health education methods on oral hygiene knowledge, attitude and status of 7-10 year old school children. Material and Methods: In this experimental study 150 children from different schools participated in the study. Each group of 50 randomly selected children were included in three groups: random allocation of each group was done. Group A: educated with conventional (flash card method) Group B: educated with flash card and game based (connect the dots) method; Group C: Video demonstration method.
The oral health interventions were done for three consecutive days. An interviewer based questionnaire was administered to assess their baseline level of knowledge and attitude regarding oral hygiene. The oral hygiene status of children was evaluated using the OHI(S) at baseline and at an interval of 1 week, 2 week, 3 week and a month…
