Importance of Nursing Intervention in Prevention of Dental Caries of Deciduous Teeth in Children
DENG Cai-di
DAI Tie
WENG Zi-mei
Abstract：Objective To research the importance of nursing intervention on prevention of dental caries in preschool children.Methods Randomly selecting 240 preschool children from 2 kindergartens within the area under the jurisdiction of the hospital.They were divided into experimental group (A group) and control group (group B),with 120 children in each group.120 children in experimental group had nursing intervention for one year,and control group received regular kindergarten traditional health measures.The correct bad habits degree,the oral examination of the degree of cooperation,dental caries of new incidence,and average times of caries treatment of two groups were respectively compared and analyzed statistically.Results In the oral examination of the degree of cooperation,the rate of A group of children is 90.0%,and B group is 60.0%.The difference is statistically significant (P<0.05).In correcting bad habits,the rate of children of A group(65%) is higher than group B(30%).The difference is statistically significant (P<0.05).Dental caries incidence rate of A group is 10.8%,and 27.5% in group B.A group has (31.7±10.2)min in the time spent on dental caries treatment,and B group has (53.4±19.7)min.The difference is statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Nursing intervention can make preschoolers initiatively protect their teeth,improve the poor living habits,cooperate with oral examination and treatment,and effectively reduce the incidence of dental caries in preschool children.It is a safe and important measure of effective prevention dental caries in children.So it deserves wide promotion.
Keywords：Preschool childrenCariesNursing intervention
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 461-463 )