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| Research on the Application Effect of Healthy Transmission in Oral Hygiene Instruction among Gingivitis Patients |
| Nanchang Maternal & Children Health Care Center， Nanchang 330008，China |
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Abstract Objective：To explore the application effect of comprehensive healthy transmission in oral hygiene instruction and further reduce the prevalence of gingivitis. Method：540 adult gingivitis patients were randomly selected in our center from Aug 2013 to Oct 2013. After received the same diagnosis and remedy， all participants were asked to finish a questionnaire， Meanwhile， an oral hygiene instruction was conducted among the participants through mass communication and inter-personal communication combination method. Comprehensive communicational intervention as further enhanced when participants paid return visits 3 months later. 6 months later， all participants underwent an oral check and completed the same questionnaire. We evaluated the communication effects by contrast the oral hygiene condition and awareness of each participants 6 months later to the beginning.Result： Participants gained more knowledge about gingivitis and oral hygiene after received comprehensive healthy transmission， and the compliance to the oral hygiene instruction had been significantly improved（ P<0.001）. Additionally， the dental plaque index（ PI）， gingival index （GI） and sulcus bleeding index（ SBI） were all significantly lower after the intervention（P<0.001）.Conclusion：The comprehensive healthy transmission method could effectively improve the compliance of oral hygiene instruction and may further reduce the gingivitis prevalence.
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