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Effectiveness Of Dental Plaque Charts In Motivating Adolescents Toward Improved Oral Hygiene And Oral Health, Lee Ann Branscome Oct 1980

Effectiveness Of Dental Plaque Charts In Motivating Adolescents Toward Improved Oral Hygiene And Oral Health, Lee Ann Branscome

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

A two group time series design was used to determine if exposure of adolescent clients to dental plaque charts during oral health instruction sessions is effective in motivating them to improve oral health over a six month period. Fifty-six adolescents who previously had received treatment at Old Dominion University Dental Hygiene Clinic consented to participate and were randomly assigned to a control or experimental group. Both groups of adolescents received identical oral health instructions from a research assistant; the experimental group's oral health instruction included an additional discussion about the dental plaque chart. The Patient Hygiene Performance Index and the …


Comparison Of The Systemic Effects Of Local Anesthesia With And Without Epinephrine In Children, Robert A. Swanson Jan 1980

Comparison Of The Systemic Effects Of Local Anesthesia With And Without Epinephrine In Children, Robert A. Swanson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Of Caries Incidence To Caries Activity In Pre-School Children, Maria Virginia Solis Kitsu Jan 1980

The Relationship Of Caries Incidence To Caries Activity In Pre-School Children, Maria Virginia Solis Kitsu

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.