INFLUENCE OF APPLICATION OF PREVENTIVE WORK SCHEMES ON THE STATE OF ORAL HYGIENE IN SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT DENTAL STATUS

Caries is a common dental disease that requires regular preventive work, taking into account the factors that lead to its occurrence. Among the controllable risk factors for caries are oral hygiene, nutrition, and a healthy lifestyle, which were included in our schemes of preventive work with children and their parents. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of the implementation of preventive work with children and their parents on oral hygiene indicators in children during 2 years of follow-up. During dental visits, children and parents were provided with sanitary and educational work to eliminate risk factors for caries, education and monitoring of oral hygiene. Children who were followed up every six months had a significantly better state of oral hygiene than those who came to the pediatric dentist once a year. The observation of children for 2 years made it possible to confirm the effect of regular preventive work on the state of oral hygiene, which reduces the possibility of caries in them.