Abstract
Introduction For the prevention of oral health problems, health education of schoolchildren has a vital role. The oral health status of the children can be improved if health promotion in schools is conducted in a comprehensive and interesting mannerObjective Effectivity of game-based oral health education over conventional on the oral health-related knowledge and oral hygiene status among 8- to 12-year-old schoolchildren.Materials and methods A total of 150 children aged 8 to 12 years were divided into two groups. A pretest evaluation of their knowledge regarding oral health and the estimation of plaque index was carried out. Children in group I were given oral health education through PowerPoint presentation once daily for 7 days. Children in group II were educated through the play method (i.e., crosswords and quiz with PowerPoint presentation). The evaluations regarding oral health-related knowledge and plaque scores were recorded on postintervention 1 and 3 months.Results In group II, high knowledge scores of 10.32 and 9.98 were obtained by the on postintervention 1 and 3 months respectively. In both the groups, there was a significant increase in good oral hygiene scores and a significant decrease in plaque scores on postintervention 1 and 3 months follow-up, but much better scores were seen in group II compared to group I at both the follow-ups.Conclusion Implementation of crossword game-based oral health education program is an easy and effective aid for teaching oral health instructions and preventing oral diseases in children as the knowledge scores of children increased considerably when the game-based teaching intervention was used.How to cite this article Malik A, Sabharwal S, Kumar A, Samant PS, Singh A, Pandey VK. Implementation of Game-based Oral Health Education vs Conventional Oral Health Education on Children’s Oral Health-related Knowledge and Oral Hygiene Status. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(3):257-260.
Highlights
For the prevention of oral health problems, health education of schoolchildren has a vital role
There was a significant increase in good oral hygiene scores and a significant decrease in plaque scores on postintervention 1 and 3 months follow-up, but much better scores were seen in group II compared to group I at both the follow-ups
The oral health status of the children might be improved if health promotion in schools is conducted in a comprehensive and interesting manner.[12]
Summary
For the prevention of oral health problems, health education of schoolchildren has a vital role. For the prevention of oral health problems, health education of schoolchildren has a vital role.[3] It is important to teach young children the guidelines regarding brushing and role of diet in oral health interventions and to develop their interest towards learning habits for a lifetime of good oral health for which school-based health promoting programs are the ideal ways.[4] In most of these programs, traditional health education aids, such as lectures, demonstration, and models are used which are proven to have a minimal or short-term effect on children.[5,6] studies have shown that such type of programs have relatively little effect on the cleanliness of the children’s teeth.[7,8,9,10,11] The oral health status of the children might be improved if health promotion in schools is conducted in a comprehensive and interesting manner.[12] To make the process of learning a joyful activity for children, there should be International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, July-September 2017;10(3):[257-260] well integration of education and entertainment,[13] which can be done by using various cost-effective media and materials. Present study was undertaken to compare the effectiveness of conventional (PowerPoint presentations) and game-based teaching (quiz and crossword puzzles combined with PowerPoint presentations) on the level of oral health knowledge and oral health status among 8- to 12-year-old schoolchildren
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