EFFECTIVENESS OF THE METHOD OF TEACHING ORAL HYGIENE BLIND CHILDREN

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the method of learning oral hygiene blind children and its introduction in the dental practice, systematization of experience with this category of patients, and the creation by the method of oral hygiene education of blind children rational motivation for quality oral health care. Materials and methods. The studies were conducted at the Odessa specialized boarding school for blind children №93, State Institution "Institute of Dentistry, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine", the department of pe-diatric dentistry Odessa National Medical University. In clinical studies, the effectiveness of the method of training was attended by 120 blind children 6-15 years (60 children of the main group and 60 children in the control). In the comparison group with hygiene education apply standard methods, which included lectures and workshops in the room hygiene. For teaching oral hygiene blind children of the main group than the standard methods were ap-plied training model of teeth in normal and pathological conditions, phantoms upper and lower jaw with dental arches in normal and pathological conditions, phantom-Chairman, hygiene. Results. The developed method of learning oral hygiene confirmed the effectiveness. It was noted a more pro-nounced decline in hygienic indices that is, improving the hygienic condition of the oral cavity than in the comparison group, which used the standard method of teaching oral hygiene.