The Role of Peer Influence on Oral Health Knowledge and Behaviors among Adolescents

Sadeghipour, Maryam; Shariatpanahi, Seyed Peyman; Namdari, Mahshid; Khoshnevisan, Mohammad Hossein; Malek-Mohammadi, Mahsa

doi:10.14693/jdi.v28i1.1238

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“…This age‐related variation in the sustainability of the post‐educational effects could be explained by the increased maturity and manual dexterity of the older as compared to the younger children. Moreover, we cannot ignore the possible peer influence or pressure on adolescent oral health‐related behaviors such as toothbrushing and flossing 35,36 . Possibly, peer support and increasing focus on appearance might be contributing factors toward the sustainability of post‐educational effects in the older age group.…”

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Community service‐based preventive dental education for elementary school‐aged children

Mesbahi

Gazzaz

Ramezani

et al. 2022

Journal of Dental Education

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Objectives:The effectiveness of one-to-one preventive dental education provided by dental undergraduate students for improving elementary school-aged children's oral self-care skills, diet-related knowledge, and diet behavior was tested. Methods:The sample consisted of 106 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years who attended the same school. Oral self-care skills were assessed by undergraduate dental students using a tooth-brushing assessment form, and diet knowledge and behaviors by means of a questionnaire. The effectiveness of education (two one-to-one sessions) was evaluated by measuring the posteducational changes in the children's oral self-care skills, diet knowledge, and behavior.Results: There were significant improvements in the means (sd) of toothbrushing skill scores (range: 0-18) from 6.2 (4.0) at the baseline to 8.4 (4.1) at the first and to 10.3 (3.0) at the second follow-up. Total tooth-brushing time (in seconds) significantly increased from 76.0 (59.1) at the baseline to 110.7 (74.3) at the first follow-up then decreased to 102.6 (73.1) at the second follow-up. The means (sd) of diet knowledge scores (range: 0-30) improved significantly from 18.5 (5.6) at the baseline to 23.0 (7.3) at the first and to 24.5 (4.0) at the second follow-ups. The means (sd) of weekly sugar intake scores (range: 0-18) significantly decreased from 4.9 (2.1) at the baseline to 3.1 (2.0) at the first follow-up and remained unchanged until the second follow-up. Conclusions: One-to-one dental education improved children's oral self-care skills, diet-related knowledge, and diet behavior. The post-educational improvements were maintained for 6 months in older children but not in the younger children. K E Y W O R D Scommunity-based dental education, dental hygiene, dental students, oral health education, school children, toothbrushing

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“…Moreover, we cannot ignore the possible peer influence or pressure on adolescent oral health-related behaviors such as toothbrushing and flossing. 35,36 Possibly, peer support and increasing focus on appearance might be contributing factors toward the sustainability of post-educational effects in the older age group.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%