A recent survey conducted in Pimpri-Chinchwad indicated high caries

prevalence amongst 5-6 years children. Children were fond of

chocolates in-between meals and some were habituated to having
milk with sugar at bedtime. Children brushed once in the morning.
The mothers who were homemakers of these children were not
aware about oral hygiene. The school teacher did not emphasize on
importance of teeth and their functions nor about teeth and its care.
FACTS IDEAS LEARNING ISSUES
High caries prevalence in Children have high caries  How are caries related
children prevalence with age?
 Why are caries more
among children?
 WHO age and age
groups?

Excessive chocolate Sugar is one of the reason for  Diet and caries
consumption causing dental caries  Theories of dental
caries causation
 Role of carbohydrate in
caries etiology
 Type of sugar and its
effects on caries

Snacking between meals Time at which sugar is  Which is better? At

consumed matters
Brushing once a day Oral hygiene maintenance
Mothers were homemakers Mothers education is related
with child’s oral health
meal or in between
sugar exposure
 Stephens curve
 Sweet score- Nizzel and
Pappas index
 Classic Dental caries
studies- Vipeholm,
Hopewood, Turku
sugar, Hereditary
Fructose intolerance

 Different Oral hygiene
aids?
 Toothbrush- adult &
pedo
 Toothpaste- fluoridated
and non-fluoridated
 PPM of fluoride in
toothpastes
 Does High and low
education level have

No awareness among mothers
regarding oral hygiene care
Teachers give less importance
to student’s oral hygiene
effects on dental caries
of children? How?
 Difference in attitude
of working and
homemaker mothers
 Various factors
responsible for causing
caries
 Socioeconomic status
and its relation with
oral health
Lack of awareness leads to  Does mother’s oral
dental caries hygiene behaviour
influence child’s oral
hygiene behaviour?
 How is oral health care
of a newborn taken?
 What is the role of
school in promoting
oral health of children?
 What are the
components of school
oral health
programme?
 What are different
school oral health
programme?
 What is blanket
referral?
 School oral health
programmes in India?
 Role of teachers