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Habits and knowledge about toothpaste of students from Legiao Da Boa Vontade LBV

2015; MedCrave Group; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15406/jdhodt.2015.3.00076

2373-4345

Fernandes Fi, Sônia Groisman, Eliana de Toledo, Sampaio Filho H, Verbicario Rj, Hidalgo Ricardo, R Olival,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and habits of students from Centro Educational Jose de Paiva Netto, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, considering the use of toothpaste. A questionnaire, with semi-open and closed questions about knowledge and attitudes towards the use of toothpaste and self perception of oral health impact profile (OHIP), was applied to 156 elementary school students, aged 6 to 12 years, and it allowed to evaluate that 65.4% of them reported use toothpaste, 42.3% choose the toothpaste by brand, 23.7% by the price and 72.4% do not look the chemical composition of toothpaste. 122 students have never received a recommendation of the dentifrice by their dentist, 55.1% of students have learned to brush their teeth with their mother and 10.3% with their father, what shows that more than half of the sample did not get guidelines from dentist or dental hygienist. In addition, seven students reported feeling always embarrassed about their oral health condition. It was concluded that students have a low level of knowledge and need more information and guidance about the use of toothpastes and oral health.