Publication: Conhecimento Odontológico e Comportamento de Retorno de Escolares em Função do Tipo de Instituição (Pública ou Privada)
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Objective: To evaluate the dental knowledge and attendance of elementary schoolchildren according to the type of institution (public or private). Method: The sample was composed of 800 children from the 5th to 8th grades of the elementary education. The research instrument was a questionnaire composed of open questions referring to the last recall visit, type and importance of the recall visit, and knowledge of dental caries and periodontal disease. Descriptive statistical analysis was done and the chisquared test was used with a significance level of 5%. Results: There was statistically significant difference between the students from the different institutions regarding the time (p=0.001) and main reason (p=0.001) of the last visit to the dentist, knowledge of the need of periodic visits to the dentist (p=0.001), importance (p=0.001) and frequency (p=0.001) of periodic recalls, and knowledge of dental caries (p=0.001) and periodontal disease (p=0.001). Conclusion: The adolescents presented different dental knowledge and attendance, according to the type of teaching institution.
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Higiene bucal, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Pré-escolar, Preschool, Saúde bucal
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Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada, v. 10, n. 2, p. 169-175, 2010.
