What does Statistics says.

The latest quizzes show that the level of hygienic knowledge is very low. Most of the information about teeth care is received from the Mass Media (41%), friends (34%) and popular press. Only 3 % of the information is received from dentists. Children get their knowledge from their parents, teachers or nannies. Which is not enough. Hygiene of oral cavity is unsatisfying- only 38% of adults, 3 % of 6-year old children and 10% of 12-year old children brush their teeth twice a day regularly. 35% of parents, 40% of 6-year old and 20% of 12-year old children don’t brush their teeth at all. 90% of parents don’t control their children’s quality of brushing. 45% of pregnant women brush their teeth once, 20%- from time to time, 33% don’t care of their teeth at all.

Specialists are well aware of how hard it is to motivate people to take a good care of their mouth, brush teeth, rinse the oral cavity after each eating, especially after sweet meals. Teaching patient the rules of teeth brushing is based on his/her age and individual qualities. The dentist must explain to a patient in details how to take care of the oral cavity correctly.

 Kateryna Parpaley

Associate professor of Children’s Dentistry department

(Kyyiv)

Source: vz.kiev.ua