Abstract

This study aims to ensure the autonomy of dental hygienists through oral preventive care program based on dental hygiene process and provide a basic data for systemic and professional oral care. IBM SPSS Statistics (version 21.0) was used for data analysis, which was verified on the basis of a significant level of p<.05. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was conducted to compare the changes in oral hygiene care indices before, during and after the application of dental hygiene process according to general features. In the results of this study, there are significant decreases in S-0HI, PSR Score and BOP, O'Leary through dental hygiene process, showing that oral prevention program is effective (p<.001). It is expected that the clinical application of this dental hygiene program would be established as an effective manual to improve oral environment.

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