Educational strategy in oral health for children and girls with diversity functional at the auditory level

Yennifer Rincón Cadavid

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Gladys Erlebnis Perea Lemos

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Dalma Daneida Garcés Naar

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Lina Marcela Correa Incel

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Clara Liliana Gallego Gómez

Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Introduction: hearing impairment refers to the decrease in the ability to hear due to a problem in the auditory apparatus. The difficulties for the communication between patient-odontologist and the lack of opportune odontological attention cause a greater risk for the appearance of the oral diseases in this population.   Objective: to evaluate the result of the implementation of an educational strategy in oral health in children with functional diversity at the auditory level.   Materials and Methods: intervention study applied in 41 school children with hearing impairment between 6 and 18 years, information was obtained from surveys of parents and oral clinical examinations of school children. A series of oral health education strategies were developed for the participants and their caregivers.   Results: 79.49% of the parents considered that the condition of functional diversity influenced the oral hygiene of their children. 20% of parents report that in their health institution they denied the provision of services to participants due to their condition. There was a statistically significant difference in the decrease of bacterial plaque between the first and the second clinical examination of the par ticipants.   Conclusion: an oral health education strategy with a differential focus and establishing adequate communication in children with special needs shows a positive result in the improvement of oral hygiene.
Keywords: auditory disability, communication, educational strategy, oral health

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2019-04-22
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