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Alcaloides/administración & dosificación , Atención Dental para la Persona con Discapacidad , Placa Dental/prevención & control , Gingivitis/prevención & control , Hospitales Psiquiátricos , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Benzofenantridinas , Femenino , Humanos , Isoquinolinas , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Higiene Bucal , Aceptación de la Atención de SaludRESUMEN
The effectiveness of seven randomly selected dental Head Start programs in meeting national and regional standards is evaluated. The dental health education component, topical fluoride application, and classroom oral hygiene aspects, except for in one program, were being conducted in an outstanding manner.
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Servicios de Salud del Niño , Servicios de Salud Dental , Guarderías Infantiles , Preescolar , Índice CPO , Estudios de Evaluación como Asunto , Educación en Salud Dental , Humanos , Higiene Bucal , TexasRESUMEN
Oral indices are reviewed and classified. The methods of using indices are discussed and a number of the periodontal indices are compared using a tabular format.
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Enfermedades Periodontales/diagnóstico , Índice Periodontal , Índice CPO , Índice de Placa Dental , Hemorragia Gingival/diagnóstico , HumanosRESUMEN
To evaluate the dental portion of a Head Start Program, the investigators determined the degree of compliance in providing children aged 3-5 years with annual examinations, topical fluoride, followup care, and a dental curriculum for their classroom. The study included an audit of the children's health records, a clinical assessment of care needs, oral cleanliness, and restoration quality, and an evaluation in the last month of the school year. The evaluation procedures were standardized, and dual examiners were used for all assessments. Differences of opinion between examiners were settled immediately, and the consensus was noted in the evaluation record for the study. A review was conducted of the health records for the 564 children enrolled in eight Head Start centers in Dallas, TX. According to those records, 74 percent of the children had been examined. Nearly 24 percent had required dental care because of caries--the range among centers was 11 to 43 percent. Of the group requiring care, 85 percent had received all the care needed. With the use of World Health Organization criteria, a mean score of 2.47 for oral cleanliness was determined for a random sample of 178 children. This sample also exhibited 1.45 decayed and 1.18 filled deciduous teeth per child. Restoration quality was rated; 94 percent were judged to be acceptable by Ryge's criteria. At all the centers, the dental health curriculum met the program standards set for Head Start by the Public Health Service, Region VI. This investigation showed that the centers did not uniformly comply with the clinical care standards devised for Head Start by the Public Health Service, but they did provide dental services that otherwise might not be available to children enrolled at the eight centers.
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Servicios de Salud Dental , Preescolar , Caries Dental/diagnóstico , Caries Dental/epidemiología , Registros Odontológicos , Humanos , Higiene Bucal , Evaluación de Procesos y Resultados en Atención de Salud , Texas , Población UrbanaRESUMEN
A new hygiene index has been developed that it is felt better meets the requirements for individual patient analysis than other indices. Examiner subjectivity is reduced by scoring tooth surfaces as clean (0) or dirty (1), determining a percentage of "dirty" surfaces which then becomes the Hygiene Analysis Index. Tested on a group of dental students it appears to discriminate adequately between the various levels of mouth hygiene.
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Encuestas de Salud Bucal , Índice de Higiene Oral , Depósitos Dentarios/diagnóstico , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Through the use of a newly developed Hygiene Analysis Index (HAI), nine toothbrushes were evaluated for plaque-removing efficiency in 11 dental students. Results indicate that brush selection is an individual matter with no one brush clearly superior to all others. Further study is necessary before definite conclusions can be made.